Leisure and life satisfaction: The role of passion and life domain outcomes

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 320-332

  Stenseng, Frode ^a,b   Phelps, Joshua ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NTNU SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLICE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Activity engagement; Dualistic model of passion; The hierarchical model of life satisfaction; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941749392     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2013.836558     Document Type: Article

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