Does sport make you happy? An analysis of the well‐being derived from sports participation
By P. Downward, Simona Rasciute. 2011
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This paper examines the impact of sports participation upon the subjective well‐being of individuals. Encouraging participation in sports activity is now an important public policy issue, as it is argued that there are benefits in terms of health and well‐being to individuals as well as to society through externalities. Controlling for personal and socio‐demographic characteristics affecting well‐being, this paper examines if participation in, and the frequency and duration of, 67 sports activities affects well‐being. The form in which sports participation takes place is also investigated by examining if social‐interaction sports produce more well‐being. This paper demonstrates that sports participation has a positive affect upon the subjective well‐being of the population and, moreover, estimates its monetary value. The effects are larger if one allows for social interactions.
Subfields: Applied Psychology, Physiology, Social Psychology
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- Is it Pleasure or Health from Leisure that We Benefit from Most? An Analysis of Well-Being Alternatives and Implications for Policy (2016, background): “It could be, as indicated by Downward and Rasciute (2011) and Becchetti et al. (2008), Becchetti et al. (2011) and Becchetti et al. (2012) for example, that the social interactions generated through leisure are more important to social welfare and should be targeted.”
- Subjective well-being and engagement in arts, culture and sport (2017, methodology): “Government Office Region is also included as an ‘external’ factor which may affect well-being (Downward and Rasciute 2011: 335).”
- A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for adults: informing development of a conceptual model of health through sport (2013, unknown): “Psychological Subjective wellbeing [26]”