Empirical Investigation Of Determining Monetary And Non-Monetary Styles Of Leisure Behaviour Deriving Happiness | A. M. Sakkthivel

The research aims to determine the leisure behavioural styles associated with happiness. The research also intends to determine the leisure behavioural styles based on the non-monetary and monetary leisure activities which the participants intend to involve with. The study was conducted among 343 par ticipant s in order to determine leisure behavioural s tyles based on non-monetary and monetary leisure behavioural styles that derive happiness. The study identified seven general leisure activities, that provide happiness and four non-monetary and monetary leisure behavioural styles. The study developed a happiness continuum based on the leisure behavioural styles that provide high to low happiness. The study unearthed that the non-monetary leisure behavioural styles provide high happiness than the monetary leisure behavioural styles.