Positive emotions and passionate leisure involvement Academic Article

abstract

• 2015 Australia and New zealand Association of Leisure Studies. Music is commonly linked to moments of remembrance, joy, celebration and bonding. This paper explores how middle-aged participants in a music scene use the various aspects of their involvement to create and store positive emotions cultivated through music appreciation, friendship building and maintenance, and shared moments of ecstasy and catharsis. Due to the prevalence of significant life events and transitions in this age cohort (relationship, career and health changes), isolating how people use their involvement in leisure activities can be integral to learning how people build and maintain a high quality of life, as well as how they draw on those positive associations to cope with potential hardships that may arise.

authors

• Kyle, Gerard

published proceedings

• ANNALS OF LEISURE RESEARCH

altmetric score

• 0.75

author list (cited authors)

• Harmon, J., & Kyle, G. T.

citation count

• 14

complete list of authors

• Harmon, Justin||Kyle, Gerard T

publication date

• January 2016

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Annals of Leisure Research  Journal

keywords

• Ethnography
• Fan Culture
• Leisure
• Music
• Positive Psychology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/11745398.2015.1065753

start page

• 62

end page

• 79

volume

• 19

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2015.1065753