A longitudinal study of wellbeing in charity challenge participants

Amanda Coghlan; Anthony Venning

A longitudinal study of wellbeing in charity challenge participants

College of Medicine and Public Health

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Abstract

Charity challenges, or adventure travel for a cause, may offer participants some of the empirically tested pathways to increased wellbeing. The working paper explores potential links between charity challenge participation and four wellbeing constructs: affective, conative, cognitive and life satisfaction. Participants in a mental health charity challenge were asked to complete an online questionnaire before (N=54), immediately after (n=17), and one month following the event (n=10). Comparisons with the general population suggest that participants fall into a “normal” mental health range, and that cycling is indeed important to their positive functioning. Positive measures of mental health increased immediately after the event but declined one month post-event, and gender differences also existed. The results suggest more research is needed to fully capitalise on the potential links between charity challenges and wellbeing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CAUTHE 2015
Subtitle of host publication	Rising Tides and Sea Changes: Adaptation and Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality
Editors	E. Wilson, M. Witsel
Place of Publication	Queensland
Publisher	Southern Cross University
Pages	440-443
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9780987050762
Publication status	Published - Jan 2015
Event	CAUTHE 2015: Rising Tides and Sea Changes: Adaptation and Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality - Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Australia Duration: 2 Feb 2015 → 5 Feb 2015 Conference number: 25th https://cauthe.org/services/conferences/conference-2015/

Conference

Conference	CAUTHE 2015
Abbreviated title	CAUTHE 2015
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Gold Coast
Period	2/02/15 → 5/02/15
Internet address	https://cauthe.org/services/conferences/conference-2015/

Keywords

Tourism
Well-being
Positive psychology
Charities
Fund raising

UN SDGs

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Coghlan, A & Venning, A 2015, A longitudinal study of wellbeing in charity challenge participants. in E Wilson & M Witsel (eds), CAUTHE 2015: Rising Tides and Sea Changes: Adaptation and Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality. Southern Cross University, Queensland, pp. 440-443, CAUTHE 2015, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 2/02/15. <https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/INFORMIT.218717947044483>

A longitudinal study of wellbeing in charity challenge participants. / Coghlan, Amanda; Venning, Anthony.
CAUTHE 2015: Rising Tides and Sea Changes: Adaptation and Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality. ed. / E. Wilson; M. Witsel. Queensland: Southern Cross University, 2015. p. 440-443.

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A longitudinal study of wellbeing in charity challenge participants

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