Leisure and Well-Being Across Countries in the Era of Coronavirus-19:
Trends and Applications
Leisure and Well-Being project
Brief Description
The Coronavirus-19 pandemic has undoubtedly moved our social lives to an online dimension and, even within smoother sanitation and social distancing measures, forms of interaction and full access to leisure as a primary source of meaningfulness in life and well-being have been seriously affected.
The Leisure and Well-Being SIG (from the World Leisure Organization – WLO) proposes a research project, which grows from the inner synergies provided by WLO, gathering a group of members, representing different countries, with the following objectives:
- To know about the pandemic and post-pandemic period and variables related to leisure and well-being;
- To explore practices, experiences, and concepts in relation to different countries, discussing about culture and relations with leisure and well-being;
- To conclude on trends, applications, and guidelines, contributing to new opportunities for enhancing well-being through leisure.
International Project Team
Teresa Freire
University of Minho, Portugal
Arianne Reis
Western Sydney University, Australia
Marie Young
University of Western Cape, South Africa
Miklos Banhidi
Szechenyi University, Hungary
Lawal Marafa
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jane Zhou
Zhejiang University, China
Giyasettin Demirhan
Hacettepe University
Joanne Schroeder
Vancouver Island University, Canada
Heather Gibson
University of Florida, United States
Douglas Kleiber
University of Georgia, United States
Ricardo Uvinha
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Instructions for the participants
For the purpose of this research, we are collecting data about leisure and well-being across different countries through an online questionnaire. If you live in one of the involved countries (Portugal, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Hungary, Turkey, Hong Kong, Canada, United States and China) and you have more than 18 years old, we invite you to participate in this study, by filling in this questionnaire. You can access the questionnaire in your own language, by choosing the link available below.
South Africa: https://eeguminho.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3kMazJ5LAbLedqC
Australia: https://eeguminho.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0AH7ig672xIJQCa
Brazil: https://eeguminho.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_agw4CHtjZSrlKLk
China: https://eeguminho.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5pRpFd5Bn6Bxh0G
Hungary: https://eeguminho.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3IeleELYhTm6Q3s
Portugal: https://eeguminho.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_414WbP8ZTI9zDqm
Turkey: https://eeguminho.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5or8ckIhh3jIc3s
For more information or if you have questions, please contact:
Dr. Teresa Freire at leisureandwellbeingproject@worldleisure.org
Research timeline and updates about the study
We are currently collecting data until the 31st of March 2023.
For updates on the project please visit the website regularly.
International scope and representation
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