Leisure has eluded definition by social scientists despite decades of theory, research, and
applied work on the topic. According to one analysis (Primeau LA, Am J Occup Ther 50: 569 …

This paper illustrates some theoretical possibilities for research on leisure behavior. There is
an attempt to make explicit two hypotheses which often are implicit in our explanations of …

A theory‐based model distinguishing three kinds of leisure from required nonwork activity
has been examined through research on adult leisure in three communities. In the research …

The aim of this study was (a) to investigate students' leisure constraints;(b) to identify
students' profiles; and (c) to explore the effects of gender, residence, participation in physical …

While the importance of leisure as a social, psychological, economic and political
phenomena has been clearly documented by scientists from a variety of disciplines …

Constraints on leisure and recreation have become the subject of wide investigation in the
leisure studies literature but have received little attention from recreation geographers …

The need-satisfying characteristics of 10 popular leisure activities were examined by two
independent factor analyses. The total domain of 45 need satisfiers was subjected to Rao's …

There have been many attempts to define leisure. Most follow the practice of common sense
and associate it with'freedom','choice'and'life-satisfaction'. 1 But a moment's reflection shows …

Leisure experience can be objective and/or subjective, long lasting or brief, planned or
spontaneous, an end in itself or therapeutic/compensatory, sociable or solitary. This book …

Researchers from North America (eg, Godbey, 1985; McGuire & O'Leary, 1992; Searle &
Jackson, 1985) have raised the issue of the application of leisure constraints research to …