TY - JOUR
T1 - The contribution of vacationing together to couple functioning.
AU - Shahvali, Moji
AU - Kerstetter, D.
AU - Townsend, JN
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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management and Dr. Deborah Kerstetter at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State).
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9330-0739 Shahvali Mojtaba 1 Kerstetter Deborah L. 2 Townsend Jasmine N. 3 1 Shiraz University, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Shiraz, Fars, Iran 2 Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA 3 Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA Moji Shahvali, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Shiraz University Main Campus, Eram Square, Shiraz, Fars, Iran 71946-85111. Email: [email protected] ; [email protected] 12 2019 0047287519892340 © The Author(s) 2019 2019 SAGE Publications Informed by the Core and Balance Model of Family Leisure Functioning, we investigated the contribution of one type of family leisure—couple vacations—in enhancing couples’ cohesion and flexibility (i.e., functioning). Studying dyadic data from 112 couples (224 individuals) from across the United States of America, results of multilevel models showed that the variable “shared experiences during vacations” was positively associated with couples’ day-to-day functioning at home. Couples who engaged in higher levels of shared experiences during their vacations, such as effective communication, showing affection, or experiencing new things together, reported higher levels of couple flexibility and cohesion following their vacations, regardless of the number of vacations. We discuss the implications of these results for couples who spend quality time together away from home, as well as future use of our study model when examining benefits of vacationing for families. benefits of tourism family vacations couples dyadic study core and balance model of family leisure functioning Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management at The Pennsylvania State University N/A edited-state corrected-proof typesetter ts1 Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management and Dr. Deborah Kerstetter at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State). ORCID iD Mojtaba (Moji) Shahvali https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9330-0739
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© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Informed by the Core and Balance Model of Family Leisure Functioning, we investigated the contribution of one type of family leisure—couple vacations—in enhancing couples’ cohesion and flexibility (i.e., functioning). Studying dyadic data from 112 couples (224 individuals) from across the United States of America, results of multilevel models showed that the variable “shared experiences during vacations” was positively associated with couples’ day-to-day functioning at home. Couples who engaged in higher levels of shared experiences during their vacations, such as effective communication, showing affection, or experiencing new things together, reported higher levels of couple flexibility and cohesion following their vacations, regardless of the number of vacations. We discuss the implications of these results for couples who spend quality time together away from home, as well as future use of our study model when examining benefits of vacationing for families.
AB - Informed by the Core and Balance Model of Family Leisure Functioning, we investigated the contribution of one type of family leisure—couple vacations—in enhancing couples’ cohesion and flexibility (i.e., functioning). Studying dyadic data from 112 couples (224 individuals) from across the United States of America, results of multilevel models showed that the variable “shared experiences during vacations” was positively associated with couples’ day-to-day functioning at home. Couples who engaged in higher levels of shared experiences during their vacations, such as effective communication, showing affection, or experiencing new things together, reported higher levels of couple flexibility and cohesion following their vacations, regardless of the number of vacations. We discuss the implications of these results for couples who spend quality time together away from home, as well as future use of our study model when examining benefits of vacationing for families.
KW - benefits of tourism
KW - core and balance model of family leisure functioning
KW - couples
KW - dyadic study
KW - family vacations
U2 - 10.1177/0047287519892340
DO - 10.1177/0047287519892340
M3 - Article
SN - 0047-2875
VL - 60
SP - 133
EP - 148
JO - Journal of Travel Research
JF - Journal of Travel Research
IS - 1
ER -