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Studies of Whiteness in Leisure Studies

2013
This chapter provides a review of research in sport, leisure, tourism and popular culture that discusses whiteness. This review probably needs a book of its own to be able to discuss the breadth of literature in any critical depth — so instead of a comprehensive literature review, this chapter will focus only on some emblematic example of the kinds of ...
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Geographical contributions to the study of leisure

Leisure Studies, 1982
In recent years geographers have made substantial contributions to research and methodology in the field of leisure, and more specifically with respect to recreation and tourism. Discussion of recent developments in geography is followed by a review of international tourism studies.
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The role of marketing in studies of leisure

Leisure Studies, 1984
This article explores some relationships between marketing and the exchanges that take place in the leisure market, with the hypothesis that marketing can add to the understanding of such exchanges and is therefore a potential input to academic as well as managerial studies of leisure. One significant taxonomy of marketing is discussed in its own right
H.M. Davies, H.H. Wang, D.G. Tonks, J.P. Mcmahon   +3 more
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Leisure and Anxiety: A Study of Retirees

Activities, Adaptation & Aging, 1988
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among leisure satisfaction, leisure participation, and anxiety level in retirees. Data were collected by a mail questionnaire sent to randomly selected members of the American Association of Retired Persons.
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Reflections on the Future of Leisure Studies

Journal of Leisure Research, 2000
(2000). Reflections on the Future of Leisure Studies. Journal of Leisure Research: Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 125-128.
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LEISURE: Research Approaches to the Study of Leisure

Psychiatric Annals, 1975
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Leisure Studies and the Problem of the Net

2015
As I showed in the last chapter, the Net has been known about in the public sphere of Western popular culture since the early 1990s, and this knowledge and experience spread rapidly from the middle of the 1990s onwards. Even if it failed to make an impact on my PhD, I was using the Net as a leisure space by the time the PhD was awarded.
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Creativity and Leisure During COVID-19: Examining the Relationship Between Leisure Activities, Motivations, and Psychological Well-Being

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Kathryn J Friedlander
exaly  

The Scientific Studies of Play and Leisure

2015
The two fields — leisure studies and the study of play — would be, one might think, natural partners in the investigation of free-time activity. For example, both set themselves off from the domain of work, albeit this distinction in both disciplines has sometimes been crudely conceptualized (I return to this point later).
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Life satisfaction, life quality, and leisure satisfaction in health professionals

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 2021
Mehpare Tokay Argan, Sevinç Mersin, Jian Tang   +2 more
exaly