This study analyzes the effect of tourism-related life-enhancing motivations and tourism-related constraints on seniors’ life satisfaction after a visit to a spa. Drawing on expectancy-value, leisure constraints, and social comparison theories, the empirical application conducted in the thermal tourism context finds that tourism-related constraints have no effect on life satisfaction and that tourism-related life-enhancing motivations present a diversity of effects. While some motivations have no effect, others exert a positive effect in absolute terms (novelty) and in relative terms (relaxation and internal motivations) following a reference dependence pattern that is in line with prospect theory. Additionally, reference-dependent motivations present asymmetric effects from different angles: relaxation behaves according to the principles of loss aversion, while internal motivations show, nonetheless, reverse loss aversion. Theoretical frameworks related to motivation may benefit from recognizing the diverse effects of motivations on certain dimensions, such as life satisfaction.

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老年水疗者药水：从动机的本质酝酿旅行后的生活满意度

本研究分析了与旅游相关的生活改善动机和与旅游相关的限制对老年人在参观水疗中心后的生活满意度的影响。借鉴期望值、休闲约束和社会比较理论，在温泉旅游背景下进行的实证应用发现，与旅游相关的约束对生活满意度没有影响，而与旅游相关的生活改善动机呈现出多种影响。虽然一些动机没有效果，但其他动机在绝对值（新奇性）和相对值（放松和内部动机）方面都产生了积极影响，遵循与前景理论一致的参考依赖模式。此外，参考依赖动机从不同角度呈现不对称效应：放松根据损失厌恶原则行事，而内部动机则表现出反向损失厌恶。与动机相关的理论框架可能受益于认识到动机对某些维度（例如生活满意度）的不同影响。