An Examination of DRAMMA Model Outcomes for Campus Recreation Users. Issue 1 (April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Twilley, Danny; Morris, Laura; Hunter Holland, W.; Holland, Kathleen K.
• Is Part Of: Recreational sports journal. Volume 46:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 64
• Page End: 77
• Publication Date: 2022-04
• Subjects: Leisure -- subjective well-being -- collegiate mental health; Intramural sports -- Periodicals; Intramural sports -- United States -- Periodicals; College sports -- Periodicals; College sports -- United States -- Periodicals; 796.043
• DOI: 10.1177/15588661211047597
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1558-8661

Abstract

Institutions of higher education are encountering increases in the number of students with mental health issues. As administrators look for ways to promote positive mental health, exploring the role leisure has in the well-being of college students is warranted. This study used the DRAMMA model to better understand the connection of leisure and subjective well-being via the psychological pathways of detachment-recovery, affiliation, meaning, mastery, and autonomy through leisure satisfaction of campus recreation users. Findings suggest campus recreation programs should focus on providing satisfying leisure and recreation experiences that provide meaning, affiliation, and detachment-recovery to students as a potential means to influence subjective well-being.