ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
The Role of Recreation Specialization and Self-Efficacy on Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Effect of Flow Experience.
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- Positive psychology approaches to alleviating foreign language classroom anxiety among university students: insights from self-efficacy, flow, and self-compassion.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between flow experience in sport and subjective well-being among university students: the chain mediation role of psychological resilience and basic psychological needs satisfaction.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The role of flow experience and psychological commitment in recreation specialization and life satisfaction: evidence from Chinese marathon participants.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Effect of Leisure Activity Participation on Leisure Attitude, Recreational Specialization, Leisure Satisfaction, and Intention to Re-Participate in South Korea.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Recreation specialization and leisure satisfaction among long-distance running: an examination of the mediating role of place dependence and place identity.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The role of recreational flow experience and well-being on re-participation intention: recreational sport participants.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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- Serious leisure and successful aging among elderly air volleyball players: examining the mediating role of social support and flow experience.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The effect of exercise motivation on college students' self-efficacy: the mediating roles of leisure satisfaction and mental toughness.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Big five personality and recreation specialization are related to satisfaction with life in birders.Heliyon · 2023Article
- The Impact of Sustainable Exercise on Self-Efficacy and Life Satisfaction in Women before and after Menopause.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Physical exercise can enhance meaning in life of college students: the chain mediating role of self-efficacy and life satisfaction.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Previous studies confirmed that leisure sport participation could contribute to people's life satisfaction. However, little is known about the predictors of life satisfaction in the context of long-distance running. A model was proposed in this study to examine the relationship between recreation specialization, self-efficacy, flow experience, and life satisfaction. An online questionnaire was distributed to long-distance runners in China, and a total of 404 valid questionnaires were obtained for data analysis in this study. Results indicated that recreation specialization and self-efficacy had a direct and positive effect on runners' flow experience; recreation specialization, self-efficacy, and flow experience were positively associated with runners' life satisfaction. Furthermore, flow experience partially mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and life satisfaction, while it fully mediated the role of recreation specialization in life satisfaction. The findings shed some new insights for understanding the influence of leisure sport engagement on people's life satisfaction.
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