If one accepts the premise that one of the main goals of leisure research is to understand
people's behavior in the leisure domain of their lives, and agrees with the observation that …

The origins of research on leisure constraints can be traced back for at least a century, but it
is only in the last two to three decades that social scientists in North America have …

Leisure constraints research aims to investigate and understand the factors that are
assumed by researchers and perceived by individuals to inhibit or prohibit participation and …

Leisure constraints research aims to investigate and understand the factors that are
assumed by researchers and perceived by individuals to inhibit or prohibit participation and …

The purpose of this article is to address some of the issues raised by Samdahl and
Jekubovich (1997) in their critique of leisure constraints research. I suggest that the authors …

This paper provides a brief review of past research on leisure constraints, paying particular
attention to conceptual and analytical issues and to the practical applications of investigating …

Results from a Canadian questionnaire survey that investigated constraints to leisure
provide empirical evidence of the relative importance of various criterion variables (such as …

This paper reports two separate analyses based on interviews in which people talked about
the factors that shaped leisure within their everyday lives. In the first analysis, researchers …

This article assesses the status of hierarchical leisure constraints theory (Crawford &
Godbey, 1987; Crawford, Jackson, & Godbey, 1991) regarding many issues. Such issues …

High levels of constraint have been assumed to lead to restricted engagement in leisure
activities. In this study, data from a questionnaire survey conducted in Stoke-on-Trent …