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Transcendent Experience, Flow and Happiness for Mountain Climbers
Author(s) -
Tsaur ShengHshiung,
Yen ChangHua,
Hsiao ShuLing
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.1881
Subject(s) - happiness , mountaineering , adventure , construct (python library) , psychology , tourism , social psychology , flow (mathematics) , geography , mechanics , art , computer science , physics , archaeology , programming language , art history
Mountaineering has become a popular form of adventure tourism. However, previous research has never explored the construct of transcendent experience and its effects on mountaineering. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships among transcendent experience, flow and happiness. Survey data from 339 mountain climbers in Taiwan indicate that transcendent experience positively affects flow and happiness. In addition, flow mediates the effect of transcendent experience on happiness. However, the relationship between flow and hedonic enjoyment is insignificant for novices. Implications of these findings as well as future research are subsequently discussed. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.