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Subjective Well-Being and Leisure

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In this chapter, the authors discuss subjective well-being within the context of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) encompass the key social, environmental, and economic dimensions that can universally improve peoples’ lives and protect the planet for future generations. Sustainable Development Goal 3 in particular focuses on ensuring health and promoting well-being for all people, at all ages. Statistics on well-being are increasingly measured, in part, through accounts of subjective well-being (SWB). In this chapter, SWB is defined by placing it within the context of overall well-being. The authors examine hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, introduce global measurements of SWB, and discusses both barriers to and facilitators of SWB, focusing particularly on the role of leisure, especially nature-based leisure, as a unique and useful way of developing, maintaining and enhancing SWB.

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Parsons, H., Houge Mackenzie, S., Filep, S., Brymer, E. (2019). Subjective Well-Being and Leisure. In: Leal Filho, W., Wall, T., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P. (eds) Good Health and Well-Being. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69627-0_8-1

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