A Measure of Quality of Life in Elderly Tourists

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• 作者：Eunju Woo ; Hyelin Kim ; Muzaffer Uysal
• 关键词：Elderly tourist ; Motivation ; Constraints ; Leisure ; life domain satisfaction ; Overall life satisfaction
• 刊名：Applied Research in Quality of Life
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：11
• 期：1
• 页码：65-82
• 全文大小：303 KB
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• 作者单位：Eunju Woo (1)
  Hyelin Kim (1)
  Muzaffer Uysal (1)
  
  1. Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 342 Wallace Hall (0429), Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA
  
• 刊物主题：Quality of Life Research; Sociology, general; Political Science, general; Quality of Life Research;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1871-2576

文摘

This research enriches our knowledge of the tourist market in relation to the elderly, i.e., those age 65 and older and retired. The purpose of the research is to explore the missing link between travel behaviors of the elderly and how they contribute to Quality of Life (QoL). As a result, this study clarifies elderly tourist motivation and also aims to examine the relationship among motivation, constraints, leisure-life domain satisfaction, and overall life satisfaction by generating theoretical and practical implications related to those behaviors. Using a structural equation modeling approach, the research model identifies the relevant relationships among the constructs. The results reveal that motivation positively influences satisfaction with leisure-life domain. However, travel constraints do not affect leisure-life domain satisfaction. In addition, satisfaction with leisure-life domain is linked to overall life satisfaction among the elderly. Keywords Elderly tourist Motivation Constraints Leisure-life domain satisfaction Overall life satisfaction