Vacation and Well-Being: A Study of Chinese Tourists

Cruise experience and its contribution to subjective well‐being: A case of Chinese tourists

“…This finding suggests that such a relation is contingent upon specific times and circumstances and may be changed. This finding supported Chen's et al () conclusion that people's sense of well‐being can be boosted immediately after vacation. According to the set‐point theory, happiness is a stable “trait,” and life experiences can, at best, provide a temporary uplift, after which people return to their original set‐point (Cummins, ).…”

“…Overall, the effect of travel on post‐trip SWB at different times remains insufficiently studied and understood. In addition, most extant research (e.g., Gilbert & Abdullah, ; Huang & Han, 2014) does not explicitly study this relationship using the scale of the tourist experiential model and individual dimensions of SWB (i.e., positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction), despite that both multidimensional concepts have been found valid and useful in the literature (Chen et al, ; Nawijn et al, ; Song et al, ). Further, the link between tourist experience and SWB has somewhat been overlooked in the context of the cruise industry.…”

Vacation Effects on Behaviour, Cognition and Emotions of Compulsive and Non‐compulsive Workers: Do Obsessive Workers Go ‘Cold Turkey’?

“…While several studies have shown that vacationing enables recovery and positively affects well-being in healthy working populations (e.g. Chen et al, 2013;Fritz & Sonnentag, 2006), to our knowledge, this is the first study that focused on behavioural, cognitive and emotional changes in compulsively working employees before, during and after a prolonged time off. In theory, both improvements (i.e.…”

Holiday recovery experiences, tourism satisfaction and life satisfaction – Is there a relationship?

“…Also investigating the relationship between vacations and wellbeing, Chen, Lehto, and Cai (2013) found that vacation-taking had an immediate yet temporary positive effect on Chinese tourists' occasion-specific subjective well-being, while their chronic subjective well-being did not improve after the trip. Therefore, while leisure travel may contribute to tourists' psychological well-being and quality of life, its impact would vary depending on different factors, such as satisfaction with travel services, trip reflections, different phases of the trip (Neal et al, 1999), length of stay (Neal, Sirgy, & Uysal, 2004;Neal et al, 2007), and leisure travel goals (Sirgy, 2010).…”