REVIEW article
Front. Sports Act. Living
Sec. Sports Management, Marketing, and Economics
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1681463
This article is part of the Research TopicExploring the Multidisciplinary Roles of Sports EventsView all 4 articles
SPORT EVENTS' IMPACT AND LEGACY ON QUALITY OF LIFE
Provisionally accepted
- Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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Research Purpose: The purpose of this research was to map and evaluate the existing literature on the impacts and legacies of sport events on quality of life outcomes, identifying trends, gaps and proposing future research directions. Based on the analysis of 70 studies that examines sport events' impact and legacies on quality of life, this scoping review aims to address three key questions: (1) What is the current state of the literature in terms of studied context and research design? (2) Which theoretical frameworks underpin the studies? (3) What are the key gaps in this research domain? Research Method: The scoping review follows the five-stage framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley (2005). Results and Findings: (1) Predominant focus on mega/large events, heavy reliance on subjective measurements; (2) frequent absence of theoretical frameworks (3) Limited understanding of the distinct psychological mechanisms across event types that underlie quality of life outcomes.
Keywords: Subjective well-being, Quality of Life, sport events, impact, Legacy
Received: 07 Aug 2025; Accepted: 07 Oct 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Xu and Sato. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Haohan Xu, xuhaohan@fuji.waseda.jp
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