Daily experience of serious leisure, flow and subjective well-being of older adults

Leisure Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-225

  Heo, Jinmoo ^a   Lee, Youngkhill ^b   McCormick, Bryan P ^c   Pedersen, Paul M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow; Serious leisure; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951101379     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360903434092     Document Type: Article

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