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To achieve this purpose, there are two research objectives regarding African American families: 1) To examine leisure experiences, patterns, and processes of African American families and 2) to investigate factors impacting African American family leisure. The study was guided by constructivist grounded theory and 13 semi-structured interviews of African American participants. With the aid of Thematic Analysis, five prominent themes emerged: 1) family concepts, 2) activity patterns, 3) factors that influence family choice, 4) leisure motives, and 5) complexity of race. After identifying the themes, I was able to connect the findings to existing literature, state theoretical and practical implications, and describe pathways for future research."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Leisure patterns of African American families"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Shinew, Kimberly","Stodolska, Monika","Smith, Sharde","Olster, Terry"],"dc:creator":["Watson, Darrien"],"dc:date":["2024-12-01","2024-12"],"dc:description":["Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-12-01","The student, Darrien Watson, accepted the attached license on 2024-11-25 at 20:10.","The student, Darrien Watson, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2024-11-25 at 20:14.","This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2024-12-01 at 13:17.","DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #21392 on 2025-03-28 at 14:55:15","African American families have an important history that has been impacted by a myriad of factors such as slavery, unequal treatment, and segregation. 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