The Effect of Leisure Involvement and Leisure Satisfaction on the Well-Being of Pickleball Players

Qing Chen,Jan-Wei Lin,Chin-Hsien Hsu,Cheng Yun Chou,Chao-Chien Chen

doi:10.3390/su14010152

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of leisure involvement and leisure satisfaction on the well-being of pickleball players. This study enrolled 260 participants from the 2019 International Pickleball Tournament by purposive sampling. A total of 250 questionnaires were returned, for a return rate of 96%; 215 questionnaires were valid, for an effective recovery rate of 86%. The data were archived using SPSS 24.0, and the correlation between variables was analyzed using AMOS 24.0. By analyzing the empirical data in this paper, the following main findings were obtained: (1) leisure involvement has a significant effect on leisure satisfaction; (2) leisure involvement does not have a significant effect on well-being; (3) leisure satisfaction has a significant effect on well-being; and (4) leisure satisfaction has a mediating effect on the relationship between leisure involvement and well-being.

Highlights

With the successful conclusion of Tokyo 2020, the world once again witnessed the charm of sports, and its ability to stimulate people’s imagination
Ryu, Yang, and Kim [9] studied a total of 153 older adults that had competed in pickleball tournaments, and the results revealed that serious leisure and depression were inversely related, which implies that commitment to serious leisure is associated with lower levels of depression in older adults
Liu [34] examined the relationships among personality, leisure satisfaction, and subjective well-being in a sample of participants (N = 193) in seven arts groups at a key eastern Chinese university, and the results indicated that leisure satisfaction was significantly positively correlated with SWB

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Introduction

With the successful conclusion of Tokyo 2020, the world once again witnessed the charm of sports, and its ability to stimulate people’s imagination. In recent years, emerging sports have been developing into communities around the world, which are characterized by their non-mainstream nature and low barriers to entry, as exemplified by various sports, such as dodgebee, VX, Mölkky, pickleball, and kabaddi. Among the many emerging sports, pickleball is considered to be one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States today, and it is preferred by all ages, especially by seniors [1]. Ward, Nelson, Sulzer, Dakin, Thompson, Vierimaa, Das Gupta, and Bolton [2] argued that pickleball is very accessible due to its economical and portable equipment, and can be played on a hard and flat surface of any size. Chang [3] further pointed out that pickleball, which originated in the United States, combines the rules of tennis and the field design of badminton, and is played with an enlarged table tennis racket.

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