Leisure is a key life domain and a core ingredient for overall well-being. Yet, within positive
psychology, its definition and the psychological pathways by which it evokes happiness are …

This study reviewed non-Western and cross-cultural/national research published in five
major leisure studies journals between 1990 and 2009. Of 1,891 total articles, 4.1% were …

Do the Paralympic Games empower the disability sport community? Like many other
contemporary sporting institutions, the Paralympic Games have made the transition from …

Are pain and injury managed appropriately in the environment of professional sport? Is
sports medicine a tool to empower or to disempower athletes? David Howe considers these …

We study the statistical link between leisure and happiness. Using survey data from 33
countries in 2007, we find that (1) certain leisure activities, leisure's role in self-fulfillment and …

In the professional game of Rugby Union the elimination of injury to players has become a
paramount performative, and therefore financial, concern. The recognition that professional …

Very diverse cultural practices develop within sufficiently large polities, in response to, and
contributing to, a matrix of social relationships. Museums play a formative role in defining …

Leisure has been widely examined within the context of social science theory. This article
adopts a broad approach, examining a range of social science disciplines and applying …

Research on the leisure of racial and ethnic groups has recently been criticized for a variety
of different reasons. In response to some of these concerns, this article examines the …

In the West, the awareness of the important role of leisure in people's lives has grown
significantly since World War II. Leisure studies has been an academic field in the United …