Serious leisure and casual leisure have served as two contrasting concepts for describing
leisure experiences. The purpose of this article is to reevaluate the traditional dichotomy of …

The serious leisure perspective (SLP), which divides leisure activities into three distinct
forms (serious, casual, and project-based), has been developed by Robert Stebbins over the …

One of the ongoing problems surrounding the whole area of leisure studies concerns
conceptualization of the term leisure itself. Few empirical studies to date have looked at the …

Since 1982, the year the serious leisure perspective was first set out, the concept of casual
leisure has served mostly as a foil for sharpening understanding of that framework. Yet …

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 …

The purpose of this research reflection is to describe a slice of serious leisure that we call
hard-core leisure, which we define as a form of serious leisure that involves extraordinary …

Although leisure experience is characterized as being multi-dimensional, transitory and
multi-phased, few empirical studies have explored the complexity and dynamics of leisure …

This is the second of two issues honoring 50years of publication for the Journal of Leisure
Research. The first special issue, published earlier this year, focused on trends and issues …

In recent years there has been concern about the need to strengthen the theoretical
foundations of leisure research. The premises of symbolic interaction theory may offer a …

This study explores the common leisure occasion—those informal, unstructured leisure
situations which emerge throughout the day—in attempt to understand the situational factors …