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The Association Between Family Leisure and Family Quality of Life: A Meta‐Analysis of Data from Parents and Adolescents
Author(s) -
Hodge Camilla J.,
Duerden Mat D.,
Layland Eric K.,
Lacanienta Andrew,
Goates Michael C.,
Niu Xiaoyue Maggie
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family theory and review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.454
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1756-2589
pISSN - 1756-2570
DOI - 10.1111/jftr.12202
Subject(s) - association (psychology) , psychology , leisure satisfaction , nationality , meta analysis , family life , marital status , quality (philosophy) , quality of life (healthcare) , life satisfaction , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , social psychology , environmental health , geography , immigration , sociology , gender studies , population , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , psychotherapist
The body of family leisure research has grown over the past 25 years; however, efforts to quantitatively synthesize that body of literature have not been made. Therefore, we conducted a meta‐analysis of published and unpublished literature reporting on parent and adolescent child data regarding shared leisure experiences and family quality‐of‐life indicators across k = 23 articles identified from a broad, systematic search of literature. Using random effects, we measured the associations of (a) family leisure participation with family quality of life and (b) family leisure satisfaction with family quality of life. Results indicated significant associations of small to moderate effect sizes in both models. Moderating variables of marital status and nationality produced varying levels of influence on the effect size of the association between family leisure satisfaction and family quality.