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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"leisure constraints"”.
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Leisure Spaces and leisure Constraints for Lesbian Women
Researchers have argued that leisure and leisure spaces are gendered, differentiating men and women in their opportunities for and outcomes of leisure (e.g., Aitchison, 1999; Henderson & Shaw, 2006). Gender expectations generate leisure constraints especially for women (Shaw et al., 1991). …
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An Exploratory Study of Leisure Constraints in Advanced Adulthood
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The Relationship of Gender, Race, and Social Class to Leisure Constraints
… results of this study, it can be inferred that leisure constraints are very complex in nature and further, that the scales that have been developed to measure the construct may not be appropriate for all subgroups of society.
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Physically active leisure constraints and facilitators in a racially diverse rural setting
… qualitative study investigates physically active leisure and health in a population of racially diverse rural adults, aiming to describe physically active leisure in the town of Carington, IL, as well as to identify key constraints and facilitators to physically active leisure participation among …
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An Examination of Nonresident Fathers' Leisure Patterns, Leisure Constraints, Leisure Facilitators, and Satisfaction with Leisure Involvement during Parenting Time with their Children
<p>The purpose of the study was to examine the leisure patterns of nonresident fathers while spending time with their child(ren), and to examine leisure constraints, leisure facilitators and nonresident fathers' satisfaction with family leisure activities. Four instruments were used to collect the …
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Body Image and Beliefs About Appearance: Maternal Influences and Resulting Constraints on Leisure of College-Age Women
… about appearance, and levels of constrained leisure for college-age women and their mothers. It also examined how the body image concerns of young women are influenced by their mothers'. Thompson and Gray's Body-Image Assessment Scale (BIAS) was used to assess body image while Spangler's …
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Leisure patterns, constraints and socio-demographic characteristics of Korean immigrants in Western Australia
This study investigated the patterns of and constraints to leisure participation of Korean immigrants in Western Australia. The socioeconomic and demographic attributes of Korean immigrants were examined using descriptive statistical methods and their effects on leisure participation were …
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Examining Japanese tourists' U.S.-Bound Travel Constraints
<p>Most studies on travel/leisure constraints to date were conducted in western countries under a western-dominant paradigm (Iwasaki, Nishino, Onda, & Bowling, 2007). It is not clear if people from non-western countries, such as Japan, are facing different outbound travel constraints from their …
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Leisure and Women Who Are Homeless: An Exploratory Study
"In relation to leisure theory, the present study found that over half of the women were unfamiliar with the word ""leisure"". The study also questioned perceived freedom as a central construct of the leisure experience, and the traditional conceptualization of leisure constraints. Lastly, the …
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Recreation policies and programs for new immigrants to Canada
… barriers that negatively impact participation in leisure based physical activity among recent immigrant adults. The document analysis revealed opportunities for ethno-cultural recreation practices may be constrained by dominant values and norms entrenched in government policies and documents. …
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The influence of perceived competence, activity importance, and barriers on adolescent leisure participation: Exploring the potential for negotiation
Recent research on leisure constraints proposes that leisure participation is not dependent on the absence of constraints, but rather on the ability to negotiate through them. This alternative view not only identifies the various effects that the negotiation process may have on leisure …
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Understanding graduate student’s constraints to engaging in campus recreation: A case study
… or participate in campus recreation due to constraints (Stankowski, Trauntvein & Hall, 2017). This is particularly true of graduate students. Henchy’s (2013) study found that undergraduate students were more than twice as likely to use campus recreation facilities as graduate students. To …
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Nature Centers in Local Communities: Perceived Values, Support Factors, and Visitation Constraints
… support local centers? And third, what are the constraints to visiting local centers as perceived by community members? We surveyed random samples of community members living around 16 diverse nature centers across the United States and conducted quantitative and qualitative analyses to address …
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The relationships between leisure experiences and psychological recovery from disaster: a case study of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami
… on the Epidemiology of Disasters. While the leisure literature has suggested that leisure can help people to transcend negative life events such as traumatic injury (e.g., Kleiber, Hutchinson, & Williams, 2002), relationships between leisure and disaster experiences have been significantly …
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Motivations and Constraints of Chinese Outbound tourists: A Case Study
… of this study is to explore the motivations and constraints of Chinese outbound pleasure tourists traveling to the United States, using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (1943; 1970) and the Leisure Constraints Model developed by Crawford, Jackson, and Godbey (1991) as the analytical frameworks.</p> …
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From canter to cantor: Negotiating constraints, and the perceptions of elitism in serious leisure pursuits : The experiences of a high performing athlete and artist
Everyone experiences leisure differently but, for people who excel in a chosen field, a hobby can become a serious goal-oriented leisure pursuit. Many talented people, however, fail to reach their leisure goals due to constraints. This study explored individual life experiences of serious leisure …
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The Community of Member-Based Nature Parks: An Integration of Spatial, Socio-Demographic, and Interview Data
… research has focused on this aspect of outdoor leisure and use from a park use and leisure research perspective. This research provides empirical findings related to outdoor leisure research, nature center users, and a new form of environmental inequality as it relates to benefits. Findings also …
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Analysing International Sports Fan Motivations and Constraints: The Case of Japanese International Sports Fan Tourists and Rugby World Cup Fan Tourists
… This study examines the motivations and constraints of Japanese international sports fan tourists and Japanese Rugby World Cup fan tourists. Sports fan tourists are tourists as well as sports fans. Many researchers have examined motivation either from a sports fan’s perspective or a …
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Developing an assessment tool to measure enhanced activities of daily living in older adults
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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