Predicting leisure satisfaction among the Han and Uyghur in Xinjiang, China

ABSTRACT Leisure satisfaction is associated with overarching individual characteristics such as life satisfaction, perceived quality of life, subjective wellbeing, and happiness. However, what predicts leisure satisfaction is less well understood, especially in non-Western cultures. To address this lacuna, we compared Han and Uyghur residents of Xinjiang, China, in terms of leisure satisfaction, community satisfaction, perceived stress, and self-reported frequency of participation in leisure activities agreed upon as high in importance to a good lifestyle. We found that the groups are indistinguishable by these variables. After combining the two samples and including demographics in our analyses, we determined that community satisfaction, cultural consonance in activities agreed upon as high in importance to a good lifestyle, and leisure constraints best predict leisure satisfaction.