Measures the wellbeing benefits of holidays and travel across health, mood, energy, and sleep quality dimensions. The fade-out effect — wellbeing benefits dissipate within 2–4 weeks of return — is the central finding. Widely used in tourism wellbeing research to quantify the subjective value of travel and design restorative tourism experiences.
Likert (1–5, not at all to very much)
Hedonic Wellbeing — positive affect and pleasure (Likert 1–7, strongly disagree to strongly agree)
Eudaimonic Wellbeing — meaning, growth, and self-realisation
Social Wellbeing — quality of social connections during travel
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Four subscale scores. Experience diversity (varied activities) extends the wellbeing benefit of travel. Important for research on work-life balance, sustainable tourism, and slow travel.
De Bloom, J., Geurts, S.A.E., Sonnentag, S., Taris, T., de Weerth, C., & Kompier, M.A.J. (2011). How does a vacation from work affect employee health and well-being? Psychology & Health, 26(12), 1606–1622.
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