Mainland Chinese Canadian Immigrants%26apos; Leisure Satisfaction and Subjective Well-Being: Results of a Two-Year Longitudinal Study

作者：Walker Gordon J; Ito Eiji

来源：Leisure Sciences, 2017, 39(2): 174-185.

DOI：10.1080/01490400.2016.1156040

• Chinese
• happiness
• immigration
• leisure
• life satisfaction
• quality of life

The purpose of this study was to examine whether recent Chinese Canadian immigrants' (a) leisure satisfaction, happiness, and life satisfaction changed over a two-year period and (b) if leisure satisfaction affected their subjective well-being (SWB) over this same period. Participants completed an initial, trilingual telephone questionnaire (N = 220) and then were recontacted every six months for two years. Hierarchical linear modeling indicated that leisure satisfaction decreased over the two-year period, likely because of "leisure shock," employment of a "withdrawn" strategy, or both. The results also showed that leisure satisfaction significantly and positively affected happiness and life satisfaction. Study limitations are identified, theoretical and practical implications are discussed, and future research recommendations are outlined.

• 出版日期2017