The pathways through which leisure experiences influence PsyCap and life satisfaction remain insufficiently understood

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Sourced from the stated research gap and future-work section and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2023 and 2025, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 36 times in total.

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• The Association Between Serious Leisure and University Students’ Life Satisfaction: Focusing on the Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions (2025) · Behavioral Sciences · cited 2× · doi

  The pathways through which leisure experiences influence PsyCap and life satisfaction remain insufficiently understood. There is a lack of research on the role of serious leisure in fostering PsyCap among Korean university students. The study aims to address this gap by investigating the relationship between serious leisure and PsyCap.

  generalstated research gap
  Keywords: pathways through leisure experiences influence psycap life satisfaction
• The Association Between Serious Leisure and University Students’ Life Satisfaction: Focusing on the Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions (2025) · Behavioral Sciences · cited 2× · doi

  Further research is needed to explore the pathways through which leisure experiences influence PsyCap and life satisfaction in different cultural contexts. Future studies could investigate the effects of serious leisure on other aspects of well-being, such as physical health or social relationships. Longitudinal studies could be conducted to examine the long-term effects of serious leisure on PsyCap and life satisfaction.

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: further research needed explore pathways through leisure experiences
• Leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Brazil: a meta-analysis (2023) · Leisure Studies · cited 6× · doi

  While the correlation between leisure satisfaction and life satisfaction found in the Brazilian data is nearly identical to the average correlation across the sites, similar research in other areas of the world is warranted before any firm conclusions regarding the strength of the leisure satisfaction-life satisfaction relationship across cultures can be reached.

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  Keywords: satisfaction correlation leisure life across found brazilian nearly identical average sites similar areas world warranted
• Longitudinal associations between leisure activities and subjective happiness among middle-aged and older adults people in China: national cohort study (2024) · Frontiers in Public Health · cited 13× · doi

  Background Leisure activities serve as key measures to enhance the subjective happiness of middle-aged and older adults individuals and to positively address the challenges of an aging society; however, the trajectory of changes in their participation in leisure activities and how these changes relate to shifts in subjective happiness have not been adequately explored.

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  Keywords: leisure activities subjective happiness changes background serve measures enhance middle aged older adults individuals positively
• Longitudinal associations between leisure activities and subjective happiness among middle-aged and older adults people in China: national cohort study (2024) · Frontiers in Public Health · cited 13× · doi

  The gap in understanding the relationship between leisure activities and subjective happiness among middle-aged and older adults. The lack of longitudinal studies examining the relationship between leisure activities and subjective well-being. The need to explore the influence of leisure activities on subjective happiness in the context of an aging society.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: gap understanding relationship between leisure activities subjective happiness

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