Leisure Constraints, Leisure Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, and Self-Rated Health in Six Cities in Taiwan

Chick, Garry; Hsu, Yi‐Chung; Yeh, C. K.; Hsieh, Chi-Ming

doi:10.1080/01490400.2014.967897

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“…Driven by this socioeconomic development, the demands of rural migrants about living quality have improved with the enhancement of their income. For example, one field survey of migrants in the Yangtze Delta River region shows that people move to large cities to access education and improve life quality, especially access to public goods and services (Hagen & Nayar, ; Chick et al , ), which supports the finding identified in this research that income and lifestyle are important to regional migration. As the global economy changes from being production‐based to consumption‐based, using migration to encourage consumers rather than cheap labour should be addressed in regional growth policy.…”

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The Influence of Income, Lifestyle, and Green Spaces on Interregional Migration: Policy Implications for China

Yang

Cai

et al. 2015

Population Space and Place

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Interregional migration has become an important driver shaping the economic landscape in China. By using 2010 Chinese census data, this study investigates the determinants of interregional migration and their implications for regional growth, estimated using principal component analysis, and a negative binomial regression model. In particular, it measures the roles of region size, income and lifestyle, green spaces, and employment opportunities in the origin and destination regions, and distance between the two regions. In addition to confirming the continuing influence of economic indicators as well as distance (owing to high moving costs), the findings presented herein add to the policy debate by encouraging regional policymakers to consider the effects of income, lifestyle, and green spaces. A strategy based on cheap labour is no longer encouraging growth in China, while many regions are suffering from environmental degradation. To address these shortcomings, an amenities‐based growth strategy concerning income, lifestyle, and green spaces for regional development is discussed, and policy implications are suggested. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The Influence of Income, Lifestyle, and Green Spaces on Interregional Migration: Policy Implications for China

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Population Space and Place

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“…The existence of a cultural model of leisure is likely to be substantially lessened if the activities included are culturally inappropriate. While developing a list of leisure activities and leisure constraints that could be used in research cross-culturally is a worthy goal, given the paucity of research on both in non-Western settings, we feel that their use at this time is premature (Chick et al, 2015). Further, future research should incorporate actual measures of cultural models of leisure and associated leisure behavior rather than just distinctions implied by comparisons of measures taken in two or more different societies.…”

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“…Ngai (2005) found that leisure satisfaction correlated with measures of the quality of life in Macao, China, while Ho (1996) determined that leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction were significantly correlated in a study of secondary school teachers in the United Kingdom. Chick, Hsu, Yeh, and Hsieh (2015) found leisure satisfaction to be a strong predictor of life satisfaction among individuals from six cities in Taiwan; Brown and Frankel (1993) found that leisure satisfaction was the best overall predictor of wellbeing in a sample of Canadian adults. Both Lloyd and Auld (2002) and Kinney and Coyle (1992) claimed that satisfaction with leisure is one of the best predictors of life satisfaction.…”

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Cultural Consonance in Leisure, Leisure Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, and Self-Rated Health in Urban Taiwan

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The purpose of this study threefold: to determine whether a shared cultural model of the importance of a set of leisure activities to a good leisure life existed in urban Taiwan, the degree to which cultural consonance in leisure mediates the relationship between leisure constraints and leisure satisfaction, and the degree to which leisure satisfaction affects life satisfaction and self-rated health. Results indicate that a cultural model of the importance of leisure activities to a good leisure life existed among sample members. Second, higher levels of self-reported participation in leisure activities that are culturally agreed upon as more important for a good leisure life are more strongly associated with leisure satisfaction than are activities culturally agreed upon as less important. Finally, leisure satisfaction strongly predicts both life satisfaction and self-rated health.Health and wellbeing have long been important concerns for recreation and leisure researchers and practitioners. In research, however, these have usually been examined in relation to activities presumed to be freely chosen by individuals. Freedom of choice is often regarded as an essential attribute of leisure while the degree to which culture both affords and inhibits leisure participation has been considered infrequently (Chick & Dong, 2005). Additionally, research that involves culture has typically treated it as an implicit independent variable. That is, samples of individuals from two or more cultures are compared in terms of other variables, and culture itself is not measured in any way. For example, Florian and Har-Even (1984) compared leisure activity choice among Jewish and Arab youth in Israel, and Walker, Jackson, and Deng (2007) compared perceptions of leisure constraints among Canadian and Mainland Chinese university students. Observed differences were attributed to difference in culture. The ideas that there are agreed-upon cultural models of leisure, that individuals vary in their behavior with respect to them, and that their degree of adherence to those models affects satisfaction or other variables have received even less attention. However, two innovations in anthropology, cultural consensus theory and cultural consonance theory, each with related analytic techniques, have made such research possible.

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“…Such leisure constraints can negatively affect life satisfaction, leisure satisfaction, health, and wellbeing (Chick, Hsu, Yeh, & Hsieh, 2015; Spiers & Walker, 2009). This study reinforces the idea that caregivers encountering similar leisure constraints may experience low life satisfaction and quality of life.…”

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Listening to the screaming whisper: a voice of mother caregivers of children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)

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Voight

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International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose:This is a gap in knowledge related to leisure behaviours among mothers who have children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). This study intended to understand leisure behaviours associated with leisure constraints among these mother caregivers. Method: Using a series of semi- structured interviews, a total of 12 participants engaged in this study. Results: Our findings consisted of two sections: (1) leisure negotiation and (2) leisure constraints which are (a) a lack of time for themselves, (b) constant attention, and (c) difficulty in finding a helper. Conclusions: This study found that participants modified their leisure patterns as they sought to provide more recreational opportunities for their children. It suggests that participants negotiated their leisure choices and developed family adaptability related to family leisure in order to suit the desires and needs of their child with ASD.

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Leisure Constraints, Leisure Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, and Self-Rated Health in Six Cities in Taiwan

Cited by 49 publications

References 76 publications

The Influence of Income, Lifestyle, and Green Spaces on Interregional Migration: Policy Implications for China

The Influence of Income, Lifestyle, and Green Spaces on Interregional Migration: Policy Implications for China

Cultural Consonance in Leisure, Leisure Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, and Self-Rated Health in Urban Taiwan

Listening to the screaming whisper: a voice of mother caregivers of children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)

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