Sports participation and happiness: Evidence from US microdata

By Haifang Huang, Brad R. Humphreys. 2010

256 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/7c7775ed98674a26c753fc112f2b7ca5f224dae9

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In Health

1. C. Bickerton
2. D. Wheatley

In Social Psychology

1. K. Kaplanidou
2. Ioanna Karabaxoglou
3. C. Bickerton
4. D. Wheatley
5. N. Theodorakis

In Sociology and Political Science

1. C. Bickerton
2. N. Theodorakis
3. Ioanna Karabaxoglou
4. K. Kaplanidou
5. D. Wheatley
6. Christine A. Vogt
7. Eurofound

Citations in the corpus

• Subjective well-being and engagement in arts, culture and sport (2017, background): “Huang and Humphreys (2012) found close proximity to sports facilities to be a mediating factor, suggesting access is important in generating positive effects.”
• Effect of Event Service Quality and Satisfaction on Happiness Among Runners of a Recurring Sport Event (2015, background): “In fact, Huang and Humphreys (2012) found that sport participation correlates with happiness (measured through life satisfaction) in their attempt to understand how physical activity influences happiness.”