Despite the well-documented health, social and economic benefits of sports participation,
adults' participation in organised sport declines as age increases. To date, no review has …

Research is the gateway to new discoveries–discoveries such as new technology to
improve the speed of a cyclist around a track, novel training programmes to enhance swim …

This paper explores the relationship between involvement in sport and non-sport community
organisations and social connectedness. Data were collected on types of community …

Research suggests that leisure provides a vehicle for women to develop friendships in later
life, yet little research has explored older women's experiences of social connection in a …

As the North American population ages, detailed research will be needed to understand the
leisure experiences of older adults. The purpose of this study is to explore perceptions of …

Online communities are changing the way people enjoy leisure activities through computer-
mediated interactions, yet little is known about how these groups form, function, and …

This chapter reviews research on women in golf, both from historical and modern-day
contexts, and concludes with some thoughts for the future. While efforts were made to …

The social world framework provides insight into the various meanings participants assign to
their leisure involvement. The purpose of this study was to understand the long-distance …

Environmental attitudes and behaviours have received relatively little attention in golf
tourism, compared to other tourism research areas. Golf tourism provides products and …

Although research has found that people prefer to participate in recreation with others, work
examining constraints to participation have primarily taken an individual perspective. Thus …