The existing literature suggests that serious engagement in leisure activities leads to
happiness, life satisfaction, and successful aging among older adults. This qualitative study …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review summarizes recent empirical and theoretical
scholarship pertaining to two primary ways that BDSM is conceptualized, specifically as a …

Serious Leisure offers a comprehensive view and analysis of the current state of the
sociology of leisure. Defining and differentiating the way people use their free time, Robert …

The goal of this study is to investigate how flow experience and diverse smartphone
activities play a role in influencing people's perceived boredom during free time. Through a …

In Western societies, leisure has been a major force in changing people's lives. The
containment of working time and the rise in spending power have been long-term trends and …

In this investigation, the serious leisure inventory and measure (SLIM) was developed from
convenience and target samples. The multidimensional framework of serious leisure …

A range of thinkers in philosophy, religion, and the social sciences have argued that thanks
to science, technology, and the organization of society, the human condition has improved …

Increasingly, it is becoming evident that those involved in socio-musical studies must focus
their investigative lens on musical practice and articulation of the self, on music and …

The serious leisure perspective (SLP) can be described, in simplest terms, as the theoretical
framework that synthesizes three main forms of leisure showing, at once, their distinctive …

In this paper, the notion of serious leisure is critically explored in relation to women's
climbing careers and identities. It draws upon findings from an in‐depth qualitative study of …