Digital leisure use and psychological well-being among recreation management students: The mediating role of social media engagement
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Doç. Dr. Kübra AŞAN Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Jeremy Zwiegelaar
Oxford Brookes Business School, İngiltere
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport and Tourism Education (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 1473-8376 Dergi Bilgileri (2025)
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 11-2025
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 37 / 1 / – DOI 10.1016/j.jhlste.2025.100570
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlste.2025.100570
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Özet
This study examines how recreation management students use digital leisure time and its impact on their psychology. The study aims to explain the effect of digital leisure use through social media engagement on students' psychological well-being. The theoretical model of the study was developed using Self-Determination Theory and the Uses & Gratifications framework. A survey was conducted among recreation management students at three different universities based on quantitative research methods. Structural equation modelling was applied to the 387 useable survey data obtained. According to the results, digital leisure use has a positive effect on psychological well-being. Social media engagement has a differential mediating effect in this relationship: affective social media engagement was found to mediate negatively, whereas cognitive and behavioural social media engagement mediated positively …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Digital leisure | Digital well-being | Psychological well-being | Social media engagement | Tourism education
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Google Scholar 10
Digital leisure use and psychological well-being among recreation management students: The mediating role of social media engagement

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