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The psychological benefits of participation in leisure pursuits for adolescents [PDF]
, 2012 This paper looks to better understand the effects leisure has on adolescents. Leisure is an important past time for adolescents since they have so much free time to pursue activities.
McKay, Caitlyn
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Societies, 2023 Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a tendency for people to participate more frequently in outdoor leisure activities as opposed to indoor leisure activities. Leisure activities bestow various benefits. The purpose of this research is to study the effect of leisure attitude, serious leisure, recreational specialization, and leisure ...
Won-Ick Song, Byoung-Wook Ahn
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, 2011 Partner selection occurs naturally and informally, but it may also be organized through commercial intermediaries facilitating mating and dating. This paper focuses on the relationship between online dating and the business cycle . We rely on monthly data covering the period from January 2004 to August 2008 on the demand for online dating in France to ...
Flambard, Véronique +2 more
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What Inspires Leisure Time Invention? [PDF]
, 2009 This paper seeks to understand the intriguing but only sparsely explored phenomenon of “leisure time invention,” where the main underlying idea for the new product or process occurs when the inventor is away from the workplace.
Davis, Jerome +2 more
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Akademisk Kvarter, 2019 Akademisk kvarter | Academic Quarter, Fritid | Leisure, Vol ...
Tem Frank Andersen, Thessa Jensen
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Leisure and Happiness: Evidence from International Survey Data [PDF]
, 2014 We study the statistical link between leisure and happiness. Using survey data from 33 countries in 2007, we find that (1) certain leisure activities, leisure’s role in self-fulfillment and social interaction, and leisure’s relation to work and other ...
Wang, Miao, Wong, M. C. Sunny
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The Serious Leisure Perspective and the Experience of Leisure [PDF]
Leisure Sciences, 2016 ABSTRACTThe serious leisure perspective (SLP), which divides leisure activities into three distinct forms (serious, casual, and project-based), has been developed by Robert Stebbins over the last 40 years. This article evaluates the perspective as theory and as a typology. The theory associated with the SLP concerning social worlds, identification, and
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Without leisure … ‘it wouldn’t be much of a life’: The meaning of leisure for people with mental health problems living in the community [PDF]
, 2006 Previous research has explored the occupational engagement of people with mental health problems. This study set out to establish the meaning and value of leisure for people with enduring mental health problems living in the community.
Craik, C, Pieris, Y
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Factors supporting and hindering the participation of people with mental health problems in leisure [PDF]
, 2004 Although leisure is recognised as a key aspect of occupational therapy, few studies have explored it in relation to people with enduring mental health problems.
Craik, C, Pieris, Y
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Leisure studies education: Historical trends and pedagogical futures in the United Kingdom and beyond [PDF]
, 2014 This paper is an attempt to stimulate debate about the decline of leisure studies and the rise of courses and subject fields defined by sport, events, tourism management.
Aitchison +10 more
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