Empirical research on leisure and spiritual well-being: conceptualisation, measurement and findings. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Heintzman, Paul
• Is Part Of: Leisure studies. Volume 39:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 146
• Page End: 155
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Leisure -- spiritual well-being -- conceptualisation -- measurement -- research; Leisure -- Periodicals; Recreation -- Periodicals; 306.4805
• DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2019.1684981
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0261-4367

Abstract

ABSTRACT: As a follow-up to recent chapters that concluded there is little existing evidence for a relationship between leisure and spiritual well-being, this paper reviews existing empirical research studies on leisure and spiritual well-being: their conceptualisation of spiritual well-being, methodology used, spiritual well-being measurement instruments, sample size, and the research findings. In the last 20 years, there has been an expansion of empirical research on leisure and spirituality; however, research has focused on immediate spiritual experience, not spiritual well-being. Nevertheless, 18 studies focus on leisure and spiritual well-being. All but three studies concluded that leisure was associated with spiritual well-being or contributed to spiritual well-being. Three studies also discovered that leisure could detract from spiritual well-being.