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The study of participant’s attitude of serious leisure and flow experience on Tai-Chi Sport

open access: yes, 2011
[[abstract]]Nowadays due to fast pace of life style, people are easily burned out by the pressure from work and living. In order to escape form the pressure, recreational activities become a leading role of helping balancing people’s body and mind. Among
LIN WEN-HSIUNG
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Serious and casual leisure activities in the construction of young adult identity: a study based on participants’ self-descriptions

open access: yesRevista Obets, 2017
Leisure activities and identity interact and structure young people’s lives. Empirical research on such interaction is scarce and contradictory. This paper explores the relationships between leisure activities with different levels of commitment (serious,
Nuria Codina   +2 more
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Information activity in serious leisure

open access: yesInf. Res., 2016
Background. In the past decade, scholars of information science have started to conduct research on information behaviour in serious leisure. Presently, these studies lack common concepts and terms and empirical discoveries are not easy to assemble into theory.\ud \ud Aim.
Hartel, J., Cox, A., Griffin, B.
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"My Health Finds Meaning Through Pilates": Understanding Serious Leisure Pilates Practice From the Perspective of the Health Belief Model

open access: yesPamukkale Spor Bilimleri Dergisi
This qualitative study aims to explore the practice of Pilates as a form of serious leisure through the lens of the Health Belief Model (HBM), offering an in-depth examination of individuals' experiences from physical, psychological, and social ...
Cemal Yalçın, Begüm Yaşar Sönmez
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Serious Leisure Perspectives in Sports: Professional Athletes’ Career Progress via Serious Leisure

open access: yesAsian Journal of Education and Training, 2020
The aim of this study is to determine serious leisure perspectives of professional athletes. 689 athletes selected through random sampling participated in the study. The data were collected with the “Serious Leisure Inventory and Measure (Short Form) (SLIM)’’, developed by Gould et al.
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Biling Looked the Bunun Singing Pasibutbut to Becom Bisosilin

open access: yes, 2009
[[abstract]]During the 1970s, the Australian government began to emphasize the importance and uniqueness of the aboriginal culture and history. Additionally, in 2000, during the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, performances honoring aboriginals were
WANG KUO CHING
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“I’m a Poler, and Proud of It”: South Korean Women’s Managed Experiences in a Stigmatized Serious Leisure Activity

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2019
The primary purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of South Korean women “doing serious leisure” in what is widely known as a stigmatized activity, pole dance.
Yunjung Kim, Sun-Yong Kwon
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Serious Leisure, Passion, and Burnout [PDF]

open access: yes
This study examined the relationships between aspects of serious leisure, dualistic passion, and burnout in the MBI-GS and BM. Serious leisure has been shown to improve leisure and general life outcomes, but little research considers how harmonious or ...
Matsick, Carson
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The Effect of Serious Leisure Participation on Quality of Life: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy and Self-Determination

open access: yesSpor Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi
Examined in this study is the effect of leisure activities in which individuals participate seriously on quality of life, along with the mediating role of self-efficacy and self-determination variables in this relationship.
Yiğit Güven   +2 more
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Analysis of paddlesport commitment and multiple outcomes: A serious leisure perspective

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2017
Paddlesports as outdoor recreation (OR) have become popular options for leisure time consumption and as a means to obtain well-being. The concept of serious leisure (SL) was used to measure and explain the associations between committed leisure ...
KoFan Lee   +2 more
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