The aim of this study is to test if there are different qualities of serious leisure in a Turkish sample and to develop a valid and reliable serious and casual leisure measure (SCLM) using data from both casual and serious leisure participants. With the use of focus groups, an expert panel, a pilot study, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, a 9-factor model with 42 items demonstrated acceptable fit and reliability values. Besides six dimensions of serious leisure set out by Stebbins [(1982). Serious leisure: A conceptual statement. The Pacific Sociological Review, 25(2), 251-272], two new qualities -personality congruence and sense of competence -not previously discussed in the serious leisure literature emerged in this study. In addition, durable benefits, one of the qualities of serious leisure, was divided into two interpretable factors and they were labelled as therapeutic benefits and psycho-social benefits. ARTICLE HISTORY

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The main objective of this study was to classify types of serious leisure participants with physical disabilities, and to examine the differences among the segmented groups based on the serious leisure qualities regarding leisure satisfaction and quality of life. For this aim, questionnaires were used to collect data, and they were applied on 133 serious leisure participants with physical disabilities. A twostage sampling method (a purposive and a snowball sampling procedures) was employed. According to the results of the cluster analysis, serious leisure participants with physical disabilities classified into three different clusters, and they were named as "devotees", "moderate devotees", and "core devotees". MANOVA results revealed significant differences among the segmented groups on leisure satisfaction and psychological aspect of quality of life. Core devotees were more satisfied with their serious leisure pursuit and they reported higher levels of psychological quality of life than devotees and moderate devotees. As a conclusion, it can be claimed that as the level of participation in serious leisure increases, leisure satisfaction and psychological quality of life increase, too.Keywords 2B0105, 2016; 11(3): 23-38. INTRODUCTIONSeveral studies (Brown et al., 2008;Cheng, 2010;Heo et al., 2010;Heo et al., 2013;Kim et al., 2011;Liu, 2014; Argyle, 1993, 1994;Siegenthaler and O'Dell, 2003;Silverstein and Parker, 2002) have found serious leisure activities contribute to the quality of life and leisure satisfaction of the people without disabilities. While the contribution of serious leisure participation on quality of life and leisure satisfaction is well documented for individuals without disabilities, serious leisure for the people with disabilities has been largely neglected. Stebbins (1998Stebbins ( , 2000, Patterson (1997Patterson ( , 2000Patterson ( , 2001 and Patterson and Pegg (2009) encouraged research to apply serious leisure to people with disabilities to better understand the benefits of serious leisure for them. This study is an initial exploration of the different types of serious leisure groups with people with physical disabilities and their differences regarding leisure satisfaction and quality of life. Stebbins (1992) observed that serious leisure involvement was related to life satisfaction and well-being. He also suggested that participation in the activity can vary because of the degree of seriousness and he described the terms devotees, participants and dabblers. Therefore, exploration and segmentation can help to understand the degree of seriousness among the serious leisure participants with physical disabilities and it may contribute to promote serious leisure activities according to their characteristics. In addition, investigating the differences of leisure satisfaction and quality of life levels of the segmented groups can help to develop unique serious leisure events that improve leisure satisfaction and quality of life, and attract more serious leisure participants with ph...