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Health benefits of serious involvement in leisure activities among older Korean adults

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2014
The existing literature suggests that serious engagement in leisure activities leads to happiness, life satisfaction, and successful aging among older adults.
Junhyoung Kim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Healthy and Somewhat Wealthy: The Lived Experience of Successful Aging

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Sociologia, 2020
The idea of being active, healthy, happy and independent as long as is possible is strongly promoted in public discourse and in aging policies. Starting from the idea of investigating the serious leisure practices of the elderly, I sought to develop a ...
Tobias Andrada
doaj   +1 more source

Serious Leisure and Psychological Well-Being in Mat Exercises: The Mediating Role of Event Satisfaction

open access: yesResearch in Sport Education and Sciences
The present study investigated the correlations between serious leisure participation, leisure satisfaction, and psychological well-being among adults regularly engaging in mat-based exercise activities. A total of 337 participants (282 females, 55 males)
Elvan Deniz Yumuk   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tailoring Signs to Engage Two Distinct Types of Geotourists to Geological Sites

open access: yesGeosciences, 2018
Interpretive signs are the silent ambassadors of geosites and serve a diverse audience. The primary aim of this study is to develop signs for geosites targeted at two unique groups of geotourists.
Sonja M. Prendivoj
doaj   +1 more source

Digital Gaming Participation from a Serious Leisure Perspective Examining Digital Literacy and Mindful Attention Awareness Levels

open access: yesSportif Bakış Spor ve Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between digital game participation, digital literacy and mindful attention awareness levels from a serious leisure perspective.
Recep Cengiz, Batuhan Er
doaj   +1 more source

Development of the serious and casual leisure measure [Ciddi ve Kayıtsız Boş Zaman Ölçeği’nin Geliştirilmesi]

open access: yes, 2016
The aim of this study is to test if there are different qualities of serious leisure in a Turkish sample and to develop a valid and reliable serious and casual leisure measure (SCLM) using data from both casual and serious leisure participants.
Argan, Metin   +4 more
core   +1 more source

O Lazer Sério de Robert A. Stebbins

open access: yesLicere, 2014
O presente artigo visa apresentar o serious leisure, do sociólogo Robert A. Stebbins. Trata-se de uma proposição teórica sobre uma forma de lazer que, aliada a outras duas formas – casual leisure e project-based leisure –, constituem uma perspectiva ...
Saulo Neves Oliveira, Johannes Doll
doaj   +1 more source

INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERIOUS LEISURE, EVENT SATISFACTION AND PERCEIVED HEALTH OUTCOMES OF RECREATION: THE OUTDOOR SPORTS EXAMPLE

open access: yesSpormetre Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, 2023
The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between serious leisure, event satisfaction and perceived health outcomes from recreation for individuals interested in outdoor sports and to determine whether these ...
Mehmet Doğan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Information literacy and the serious leisure participant : variation in the experience of using information to learn [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This thesis examines, by way of phenomenographic methodology, the qualitatively different ways in which people engaged in Serious Leisure activities (within the area of 'heritage') experience information literacy.
Demasson, Andrew E.
core  

How You Play Matters More than What You Play: Serious Leisure Qualities as Age-Differentiated Predictors of Adolescent Risk Behaviors

open access: yesYouth
Serious leisure theory proposes that deep engagement in leisure activities yields personal and social benefits, yet its application to adolescent risk behavior remains unexplored.
Bruno Matijašević
doaj   +1 more source

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