Alegría! Flow in Leisure and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Event Satisfaction Using Data from an Acrobatics Show

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-313

  Chen, Lung Hung ^a   Ye, Yun Ci ^b   Chen, Mei Yen ^b   Tung, I Wu ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN SPORT UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Eudemonism; Positive psychology; Well being

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77957660319     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9581-z     Document Type: Article

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