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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
doaj   +1 more source

Volunteers and mega sporting events : developing a research framework [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Interest in all aspects of the politics, financing, planning, management and operation of mega sporting events has been highlighted both by success stories and ongoing problems associated with Olympic Games, Football World Cups and other similar events ...
Baum, T.G., Lockstone, Leonie
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A Bioregional Approach to Teaching Sustainability and Resilience Online

open access: yesNew Directions for Teaching and Learning, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This chapter describes how the first graduate program in resilient and sustainable communities has evolved over the past decade, maintaining its bioregional approach to distance learning while adapting the curriculum to meet new challenges in the age of climate change.
Laird Christensen
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Leisure-related mobility of elderly people: ways to sustainability [PDF]

open access: yes
Owing to grown life expectancy as well as increasing financial scope, car ownership and possession of driving licences, the elderly of today have numerous opportunities regarding their leisure activities.
Reinhold Grotz, Stefanie Foebker
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Valoración psicométrica de la versión española del SLIM (Serious Leisure Inventory and Measure) en contextos deportivos [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
El ocio serio explica el compromiso e implicación en prácticas de ocio con el fin de adquirir y expresar las destrezas necesarias para llevarlas a cabo.
Iraurgi, Ioseba   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Micronuclei and Other Nuclear Abnormalities in Patella Limpet as Biomarkers of Cytogenotoxicity in Recreational Port Waters

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past decades, the growth in human population and economic activities has led to an increase in maritime traffic. This rise puts additional pressure on marine environments, vessel fuel spills being considered to have a major impact on the ecosystem.
Carlos Valiente‐Diaz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Love and courtship in mid-twentieth-century England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This article contributes to the on-going study of modern affective life by exploring the ways in which love was understood, invoked, and deployed within heterosexual courtships.
Langhamer, Claire
core   +1 more source

Relevance of positive psychology in the veterinary profession: A narrative review

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Veterinary professionals encounter myriad stressors that challenge their wellbeing and mental health. Positive psychology provides an evidence‐based approach to improving mental health by emphasising individual strengths, effective coping mechanisms, and the promotion of overall wellbeing.
Aiman Khattak   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

'Otherwise it would be nothing but cruises': Exploring the subjective benefits of working beyond 65 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The age at which statutory and private pensions are being paid is increasing in many countries so more people will need to work into their late 60s and beyond.
Blank, A, Farrow, A, Reynolds, FA
core   +3 more sources

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