2026/04/29 by Carson S. Matsick, Cynthia L. S. Pury · 1 voice
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Flow Experience in Various Fields #Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management #Work-Family Balance Challenges
paper · doi:10.1080/01490400.2026.2661082
openalex publication_date 2026/04/29 · openalex created_date 2026/05/04 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/19
Serious leisure, a measure of high-quality leisure activity, has been shown to contribute to general life satisfaction and health outcomes. We examined the relationship between leisure seriousness and satisfaction with leisure, life, and job satisfaction, as moderated by perceived job task workload. We hypothesized that the relationship between serious leisure participation and employee well-being is moderated by job task load, such that (a) as job task load increases, then serious leisure participation and satisfaction will be less strongly positively correlated, and (b) as job task load decreases, then serious leisure participation and satisfaction will be more strongly positively correlated. Serious leisure engagement was linked to higher leisure, job, and life satisfaction. Job task load interacted with serious leisure engagement such that higher job task load strengthened the benefits of serious leisure on life and job satisfaction.