The role of subjective well-being in serious leisure and active aging: Evidence from older Chinese Tai Chi participants

IF 2.5 3区教育学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

International Review for the Sociology of Sport Pub Date : 2022-12-22 DOI:10.1177/10126902221145483

Yi Shang, Yajun Qiu, Jiagang Tang

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Abstract

As leisure awareness has improved, increasing numbers of older adults have begun to participate seriously in leisure activities to experience greater happiness and enhance their quality of life. This study examined the mediating role of subjective well-being in serious leisure and active aging (AA) among older Tai Chi (TC) participants. We proposed a model mediated by subjective well-being and validated this model using stepwise regression and bootstrapping methods. Data were collected from 286 older adults who engaged seriously in TC in Hangzhou, China. The results showed that (a) subjective well-being partially mediates the relationship between serious leisure and AA; (b) subjective well-being partially mediates the relationships between serious leisure and the four subdimensions of AA; (c) among the four subdimensions, the mediating effect of subjective well-being on the relationship between serious leisure and interpersonal support and the direct effect of serious leisure on body vitality are relatively large. These results help explain the intricate relationship between serious leisure and AA among older TC participants and have theoretical and practical implications for those who are interested in the phenomenon of aging.

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主观幸福感在严重休闲和积极老龄化中的作用：来自中国老年太极参与者的证据

随着休闲意识的提高，越来越多的老年人开始认真参与休闲活动，以体验更大的幸福感并提高他们的生活质量。本研究考察了老年太极拳（TC）参与者主观幸福感在严重休闲和积极衰老（AA）中的中介作用。我们提出了一个以主观幸福感为中介的模型，并使用逐步回归和自举方法验证了该模型。数据收集自中国杭州286名认真从事TC的老年人。结果表明：（a）主观幸福感在一定程度上介导了严重休闲与AA的关系；（b）主观幸福感部分中介了严重休闲与AA四个子维度之间的关系；（c）在四个子维度中，主观幸福感对严重休闲与人际支持关系的中介作用较大，严重休闲对身体活力的直接作用较大。这些结果有助于解释老年TC参与者的严重休闲与AA之间的复杂关系，并对那些对衰老现象感兴趣的人具有理论和实践意义。

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期刊介绍： The International Review for the Sociology of Sport is a peer reviewed academic journal that is indexed on ISI. Eight issues are now published each year. The main purpose of the IRSS is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, from standard length research papers to shorter reports and commentary, as well as book and media reviews. The International Review for the Sociology of Sport is not restricted to any theoretical or methodological perspective and brings together contributions from anthropology, cultural studies, geography, gender studies, media studies, history, political economy, semiotics, sociology, as well as interdisciplinary research.