The purpose of this paper was threefold: 1) to describe past methodological approaches to
the study of leisure constraints and evaluate the impact of these approaches on theoretical …

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 …

Using data derived from two provincewide surveys of the general public of Alberta, Canada,
two empirical questions were addressed:(a) What constraints to leisure do women and men …

Underlying much of the literature on leisure constraints is the assumption that the constraints
that people report do, in fact, act as barriers to participation. However, to date, there has …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Recognizing the male bias in previous leisure theory and research, feminist researchers
have introduced new conceptualizations to address the gender-based issues of women's …

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 …