ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how personal resources related to exercise and environmental resources related to exercise can contribute to well-being. It reviews subjective well-being, a key construct in well-being research. The chapter develops a theoretical framework for understanding the role of exercise in well-being, building on social-ecological models. It provides research findings on environmental resources related to exercise. The chapter offers the constructs of behavioral involvement and psychological involvement, which represent measures of personal resources related to exercise, and followed by the constructs' potential contribution to well-being. It focuses on subjective well-being, a subjective assessment of people's quality of life. The chapter proposes that personal and environmental resources individually and jointly contribute to well-being. It uses behavioral involvement and psychological involvement as measures of personal resources related to exercise. The chapter concludes with practical recommendations and future directions for exercise and well-being research.
