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1. This source is an article written in an academic journal. It's authors are directors in the Department of Recreation and Youth Leadership at Bringham Young University. The article appears to be aimed towards other scholars, researchers, and professionals who work with married couples, because of the language. The article explores how leisure satisfaction affects marriage satisfaction. The article notes that because of past studies it appears there is a link between a married couple having a high amount of satisfaction in leisure pursuits together and high satisfaction with the marriage overall. 2. This source is an article in the Journal of Leisure Research. It explores findings from a study into family life satisfaction and family leisure satisfaction. It is similiar to the first source, but instead of examing couple's, it is the whole family unit that is studied. It was written for scholars, sociologists, researchers, and people who work with families,judging by the language and specialty words used. The main author is president at Clemson University, so it looks like a solid source. 3. This source is an article from the journal Psychologist-Manager Journal. It's main author works in the psychology department at the University of Florida, so I believe she would be a credible authority. The article discusses a study conducted to discover hoe workaholism affects work-family conflicts and the perception of leisure activities. It appears to be written for people in the business industry.

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Leisure Satisfaction

Leisure satisfaction is the positive perceptions or feelings that an individual forms, elicits, and gains as a result of engaging in leisure activities and choices. What can contribute to leisure satisfaction is to what degree an individual is currently satisfied with their leisure activites and experience. Participation in leisure activities and leisure satisfaction are inextricably linked to an individuals health. Leisure satisfaction is the most important predictor of overall quality of life, more so than one's age, gender, marital status, income, or education. (Agate, 2009) Satisfaction with leisure activities, rather than simply partipation in them was found to correlate highly to overall marital satisfaction in married couples. (Johnson, 2006) The type of leisure activities participated in and the satisfaction derived vary in their importance to overall family, marriage, and life satisfaction.(Agate, 2009) Satisfaction of doing everday leisure pursuits with family was found to be most important to overall satisfaction with family life. (Agate, 2009) In some cases, too much satisfaction from doing leisure activites can lead to insufficient work in the work place. In other cases, such as with some workaholics, leisure satisfaction may be reduced because of inner push to constantly think about and dwell on work related matters. (Brady, 2008)