Handbook of Leisure, Physical Activity, Sports, Recreation and Quality of Life

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Leisure and Recreation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Benefits Theory of Leisure Well-Being

      • M. Joseph Sirgy, Muzaffer Uysal, Stefan Kruger

      Pages 3-18

   3. Leisure Satisfaction in Relation to Quality of Life Using the AsiaBarometer Survey Data

      • Takashi Inoguchi

      Pages 19-30

   4. Children’s Leisure Activities and Subjective Well-Being: A Comparative Analysis of 16 Countries

      • Gwyther Rees

      Pages 31-49

   5. Recreation, Non-formal Education and Socialization as Factors Enhancing Well-Being. The Place of the Madrich in the Jewish Community

      • Denise Benatuil

      Pages 51-69

   6. Children’s Recreational Engagement with Nature in South Africa: Implications for Children’s Subjective Well-Being

      • Sabirah Adams, Shazly Savahl

      Pages 71-95

   7. Healthy Habits and Healthy Spaces: Children’s Views on Their Use of Time and Space

      • Carmel Cefai

      Pages 97-105

   8. Leisure Participation and Child Well-Being: The Role of Family Togetherness

      • Leena Haanpää, Piia af Ursin

      Pages 107-117

   9. Occupations and Well-Being in Children and Youth

      • Diana R. Feldhacker, Shana Cerny, Barbara L. Brockevelt, Michael J. Lawler

      Pages 119-138

   10. Free Time, Friends and Future: A Quality of Life Study with 8 Years Old Children in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

       • Graciela H. Tonon, Claudia A. Mikkelsen, Lía Rodriguez de la Vega, Walter N. Toscano

       Pages 139-147

   11. Recreation, Free Time and Well-Being According to Children and Adolescents in Chile: Mediator Meanings of Satisfaction

       • Lorena Ramírez, Jaime Alfaro, Pauline Heine, Patricia Easton, Gabriel Urzúa, Blanca Amo et al.

       Pages 149-166

   12. Perception of Leisure and Quality of Life of Rural Youths at the Colombian High Andean Mountain

       • Antonio José López López

       Pages 167-195

   13. The Program of Health Volunteer Promoters for OlderAdults: The Well-Being of the Volunteers at Leisure Time

       • María Laura Capiello, María Juliana Laurito

       Pages 197-218

   14. Leisure Space and Quality of Life. An Approach to Their Relationship: The Case of Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

       • Matías Adrián Gordziejczuk, Claudia Andrea Mikkelsen

       Pages 219-236

   15. Active Ageing in Spain: Leisure, Community Participation and Quality of Life

       • Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Fermina Rojo-Pérez, Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas

       Pages 237-257

   16. Visions of Good Life and Leisure in Ancient India: Evidence from Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa

       • Óscar Figueroa

       Pages 259-271

3. Physical Activity and Sports

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273

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   2. Physical Activity and Subjective Wellbeing

      • Robert A. Cummins

      Pages 275-291

   3. Relationship Between Physical Activity, Health and Quality of Life from the Perspective of the Hippocratic Theory

      • Walter N. Toscano

      Pages 293-301

This handbook provides an overview and synthesis of relevant literature related to leisure and recreation, and physical activity and its relationship to quality of life. Divided into two parts, the text presents the analysis of leisure and recreation studies and physical activities and sports, with diverse populations. The first part deals with leisure and recreation in relation to quality of life, with different perspectives on different age groups, ethnic groups,  the approach of an Integrated Model of Leisure Well-being focusing on how leisure activities contribute to leisure well-being etc. The second part deals with physical activities and sports in relation to quality of life, discussing the consideration that "exercise is good for you", associating physical exercise with other conditions of life in society, its impact on people with disabilities, etc. It is of interest to researchers and students, legislators, educators, providers of leisure services. 

• Leisure and Quality of Life
• Recreation and Quality of Life
• Integrated Model of Leisure Well-being
• Sports and Quality of Life
• Leisure Satisfaction
• Children's Leisure and Subjective Well-Being
• Leisure in Ancient Indian Tradition
• Quality of Life and Active Aging
• Health Volunteer Promoters for Aged Adults
• Physical Exercises In Hippocratic Theory
• Physical Activity and Subjective Well-Being
• Yoga and Quality of Life
• The Live Well-Index
• Positive Psychological Functioning for People with Osteoporosis
• Sport and Subjective Well-being among College Students
• Sport and Leisure at Schools
• Ethical Teaching in Buddhism
• Good Life Measures

• CICS-UP and Master Program in Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina

  Lía Rodriguez de la Vega

• Physical Education Program, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, San Justo, Argentina

  Walter N. Toscano

Lía Rodriguez de la Vega


Dr. in International Relations (USAL, Argentina). Graduated in Oriental Studies. Post Doctoral Studies Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Professor Master Program  in Social Sciences and  Researcher CICS-UP, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina. Researcher UNICOM, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina. President Argentine Section of the Latin American Association of Studies on Asia and Africa (ALADAA). Member of the Buddhist Studies Foundation Institute. Coordinator of the Working Group on India and South Asia, Asian Affairs Committee, Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI). 



Walter N. Toscano



Dr. in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, University of León, Spain, European Union Award for Quality Teaching. Physical Education Teacher, Bachelor in Physical Education and Sports. Bachelor in Higher Education Administration. Post Doctoral Studies , Quality of Life Program, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina. 
Associate Professor Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, Argentina. Honor award for excellent international contributions to academic research and development of the sciences of Physical Education, Sport, and Physical Activity granted by the Féderation Internationale D´Education Physique, 2013. Editorial Board Member Applied Research in Quality of Life, Sports, Recreation, and Leisure Fields, Springer-ISQOLS. 

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