An exploratory study examining the relationships between the leisure- related variables and subjective well-being of community residents

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 613-629

  Kim, Byunggook ^a   Lee, Youngkhill ^b   Chun, Sanghee ^c  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frequency of leisure participation; Leisure; Leisure boredom; Leisure constraints; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890491070     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2010.9686867     Document Type: Article

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