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The serious leisure perspective – a synthesis

open access: yesLeisure Studies, 2021
Stebbins (2020), new text is an insightful perspective of leisure as a whole. Leisure is conceptualised from an individual, organisational, and societal perspective, which is rarely captured.
Stewart Alford, Charlise Bennett
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Dumazedier, the Serious Leisure Perspective, and Leisure in Brazil

World Leisure Journal, 2016
ABSTRACTJoffre Dumazedier's work has, since the mid-1970s, captured the attention of many of Brazil's students and researchers. His work is examined with reference to the scope of the serious leisure perspective (SLP). Thus, after considering Dumazedier's ideas as they bear on the SLP, the Perspective itself is first presented and then examined for its
Robert A. Stebbins
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Hedonism, Eudaimonia, and the Serious Leisure Perspective

International Handbooks of Quality-of-life, 2016
The serious leisure perspective (SLP) is a theoretic framework that synthesizes three main forms of leisure, showing, at once, their distinctive features, similarities, and interrelationships The forms are the serious pursuits (serious leisure, devotee work) and casual and project-based leisure.
Robert A. Stebbins
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Toward Conceptual Advancement of Costs and Perseverance within the Serious Leisure Perspective

open access: yesJournal of Leisure Research, 2015
Research into serious leisure has grown since the 1980s. Despite the popularity of the serious leisure perspective, some embedded concepts remain conceptually underdeveloped, specifically costs and perseverance. Consequently, this paper commences by highlighting the ambiguity surrounding these two concepts.
Lamont, Matthew   +2 more
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What’s in It for the Cats?: Cat Shows as Serious Leisure From a Multispecies Perspective

Leisure Studies, 2019
The breeding and showing of pedigree cats provides a novel lens through which to explore more-than-human intersections within leisure.
Emily Stone
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The Serious Leisure Perspective: An Introduction

open access: yes, 2014
The "Serious Leisure Perspective" (SLP) is a theoretical framework that can help us understand the complexities of modern leisure as both an activity and an experience.
Elkington, Samuel D.   +1 more
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Advancing the Association for Humanistic Counseling Principles Through the Serious Leisure Perspective

Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 2023
AbstractThe serious leisure perspective (SLP) aligns with humanistic counseling principles. A most significant professional implication is that humanistic counselors can create optimal leisure lifestyle strategies linked to the AHC principles of discovering meaning and purpose, developing deep connections with people and nature, moving toward growth ...
Rodney Dieser
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Can Leisure Become a Place Generator? Exploring the Idea Through Stebbins’s Serious Leisure Perspective

International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 2020
It is surprising that only now leisure studies are starting to look at the importance of the physical environment (i.e. natural and built environments). Recently, an increasing number of research studies were conducted on leisure and space but most, if not all, were unidirectional, meaning that they only observed the influence of place on leisure ...
Romain Roult   +2 more
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Serious Leisure Careers Among Whitewater Kayakers: A Feminist Perspective

World Leisure Journal, 2001
Abstract ‘Extreme’ or adventure sports continue to enjoy a great deal of media attention, which is matched by growth in terms of overall participation in these activities. As part of a larger research project examining high-risk leisure, this author has been conducting a study of the adventure sport of Whitewater kayaking in the Canadian Rockies since ...
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