Overview
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the relation of leisure and recreation with quality of life
- Presents studies from different regions of the world and on diverse populations
- Examines the literature from a methodological perspective with current knowledge on subjective well-being
Part of the book series: International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life (IHQL)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Leisure and Recreation
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Physical Activity and Sports
Keywords
- Leisure and Quality of Life
- Recreation and Quality of Life
- Integrated Model of Leisure Well-being
- Sports and Quality of Life
- Leisure Satisfaction
- Children's Leisure and Subjective Well-Being
- Leisure in Ancient Indian Tradition
- Quality of Life and Active Aging
- Health Volunteer Promoters for Aged Adults
- Physical Exercises In Hippocratic Theory
- Physical Activity and Subjective Well-Being
- Yoga and Quality of Life
- The Live Well-Index
- Positive Psychological Functioning for People with Osteoporosis
- Sport and Subjective Well-being among College Students
- Sport and Leisure at Schools
- Ethical Teaching in Buddhism
- Good Life Measures
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. in International Relations (USAL, Argentina). Graduated in Oriental Studies. Post Doctoral Studies Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Professor Master Program in Social Sciences and Researcher CICS-UP, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina. Researcher UNICOM, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina. President Argentine Section of the Latin American Association of Studies on Asia and Africa (ALADAA). Member of the Buddhist Studies Foundation Institute. Coordinator of the Working Group on India and South Asia, Asian Affairs Committee, Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI).
Walter N. Toscano
Dr. in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, University of León, Spain, European Union Award for Quality Teaching. Physical Education Teacher, Bachelor in Physical Education and Sports. Bachelor in Higher Education Administration. Post Doctoral Studies , Quality of Life Program, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Argentina.
Associate Professor Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, Argentina. Honor award for excellent international contributions to academic research and development of the sciences of Physical Education, Sport, and Physical Activity granted by the Féderation Internationale D´Education Physique, 2013. Editorial Board Member Applied Research in Quality of Life, Sports, Recreation, and Leisure Fields, Springer-ISQOLS.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Leisure, Physical Activity, Sports, Recreation and Quality of Life
Editors: Lía Rodriguez de la Vega, Walter N. Toscano
Series Title: International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75529-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75528-1Published: 06 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09256-6Published: 08 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75529-8Published: 23 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2468-7227
Series E-ISSN: 2468-7235
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 451
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sport Psychology, Quality of Life Research