Parents' attending status and alcohol consumption on family cohesion and satisfaction at art festivals
International Journal of Event and Festival Management
ISSN: 1758-2954
Article publication date: 19 June 2023
Issue publication date: 27 October 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study explores the effects of parents' attending status and alcohol consumption (scenario based) on their feelings of happiness, relaxation, family cohesion and family satisfaction.
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses a 2 (attending status: with a child or without a child) X 3 (alcohol consumption: water, a cup of beer or four cups of beers) between-subjects experimental design on an art festival and employs relational cohesion theory while spillover theory.
Findings
The results reveal (1) significant differences between parents' attending status on happiness and relaxation; (2) significant differences between alcohol consumption on happiness, family cohesion, and family satisfaction and (3) happiness significantly mediates the effect of parents' alcohol consumption on family cohesion and family satisfaction.
Practical implications
Attending art festivals provides families with a chance to consolidate family relationships. Art festival planners could promote the festival through enhancing participants' family cohesion and satisfaction through potential family leisure activities.
Originality/value
Events are an emerging topic in the hospitality and tourism discipline in recent years. Social impacts, especially family-related outcomes, on art festivals are barely examined. Additionally, while alcohol consumption is common in festivals, the influence of alcohol consumption on the attendees' emotions and behaviors is under-researched.
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Citation
Liu, Y., Draper, J., Madera, J.M. and Taylor, D.C. (2023), "Parents' attending status and alcohol consumption on family cohesion and satisfaction at art festivals", International Journal of Event and Festival Management, Vol. 14 No. 4, pp. 423-440. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEFM-11-2022-0089
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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