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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
Veal, AJ, A. J. Veal
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Between Sport and Leisure: Competitive Senior Ballroom Dancing as Serious Leisure

Qualitative Sociology Review, 2023
The article examines the motivations, attitudes, and practices of senior ballroom dancing (dancers over 30 years of age). The paper is based on qualitative research (interviews and participant observation) conducted in one Warsaw dancing club and ...
Mariusz Finkielsztein
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Bridging time: negotiating serious leisure in intimate couple relationships [PDF]

, 2023
Engaging in competitive leisure and sporting practices can cause relationship tension and stress. This paper explores negotiations of gendered time and serious leisure participation.
Snellgrove, Miriam, Punch, Samanatha, Punch, Samantha   +2 more
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Serious Leisure and Information Behavior Research [PDF]

Journal of Library and Information Studies, 2005
Along with the development of technology, social evolution, and global economics, leisure becomes an important aspect in modern societies, so do leisure industries.
Shan-Ju L. Chang
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Jazz as serious leisure [PDF]

, 1998
The purpose of this thesis is to examine and extend Robert Stebbins's (1992) concept of serious leisure by explicating the improvisatory nature of jazz and arguing that Stebbins's concept of play does not allow for pursuits, such as jazz, to be considered serious leisure. The research engages a philosophical enquiry as defined by Bergmann Drewe (1996):
Mandin, Tyler George
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Facció de museus com a lleure seriós (serious leisure)

Digithum, 2015
Els museus amateurs són museus independents que s’han creat com a activitat de lleure, al marge de qualsevol entorn professional. Aquest article intenta distingir entre els museus creats com a activitat de lleure, els museus professionals i el col ...
Mariona Moncunill-Piñas
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Exploring the Nature of Pre and Post Flow in Serious Leisure

, 2006
This chapter explores the nexus between the flow theory and the serious leisure ...
Elkington, Samuel; id_orcid
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The Effects of Serious Leisure Involvement on Subjective Well-Being and Successful Aging: A Case Study of Young-Old Participants in Chinese Seniors’ Universities

SAGE Open, 2020
China is the only country with more than 200 million people aged 60 years and above. The Chinese government considers seniors’ universities to be an important form of leisure in which older people spend their free time.
Jin Wu, Xi Li, Bo Gao, Xinwei Su
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Bonsai in the time of COVID

Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
The study sought to find out to what extent engagement with serious leisure, in this case, bonsai growing, can help people deal with challenging times, such as a global pandemic.
Yazdan Mansourian
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Politically Engaged Leisure: The Political Participation of Young People in Contemporary Britain beyond the Serious Leisure Model

Angles, 2017
This article discusses leisure in contemporary Britain pertaining to the political participation of young people in relation to the concepts of ‘serious leisure’ and ‘politically engaged leisure.’ Leisure is a fundamental component of a young person’s ...
Sarah Pickard
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