ABSTRACT

This paper aims to explore interconnections of outdoor activities and subjective wellbeing by investigating sea-kayaking, dynamic forms of vitality, salutogenesis and Integrated Quality of Life (IQOL). The research was participatory and based on in-depth qualitative interviews, during and after a seven-day sea-kayaking journey. It took place in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland 2018 among a group of six outdoor education undergraduate students. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to identify sea-kayakers lived nature-experiences in an inductive manner. Forms of vitality in the sea-environment influence embodied sensory perceptions and emotional/affective states. Yet each situation and the responses they cause appear highly subjective. This study suggests that sea-kayaking has vitalizing implications on subjective wellbeing, yet experiences also contain ambiguities and negative feelings. The embeddedness in dynamic, ecological connections at sea, provides constructive potentials and opportunities for the development of wellbeing.

摘要

本文旨在通过调查海上皮划艇、活力的动态形式、健康发生和综合生活质量 (IQOL) 来探索户外活动与主观幸福感之间的相互联系。该研究是参与式的，基于深入的定性访谈，在为期 7 天的海上皮划艇之旅期间和之后进行。它于 2018 年在苏格兰的外赫布里底群岛举行，由六名户外教育本科生组成。解释现象学分析 (IPA) 用于以归纳方式识别海上皮划艇运动员的自然体验。海洋环境中的生命力形式会影响具体的感官知觉和情绪/情感状态。然而，每种情况及其引起的反应都显得非常主观。这项研究表明，海上皮划艇对主观幸福感具有振奋人心的影响，然而，经验也包含歧义和负面情绪。海上动态生态联系的嵌入为福祉的发展提供了建设性的潜力和机会。