Benefits of Leisure Attributes to Community Satisfaction

Examining the Effects of Perceptions of Community and Recreation Participation on Quality of Life

“…Allen and Gibson (1987) outlined a number of community elements such as: leisure opportunities, economic conditions, educational opportunities, social opportunities, government and public services, medical facilities, and community involvement and support. Researchers have suggested a number of antecedents to these three aspects of quality of life: recreation participation (Allen, 1991;Allen and Beattie, 1984;Csikszentmihalyi, 1990;Godbey, 1999;Iso-Ahola, 1980;Kelly, 1987), community involvement (Arai and Pedlar, 1997;Bhattacharyya, 1995), and community residency (Sampson, 1988;Sampson, 1991;Sampson and Groves, 1989). However, none of these studies have empirically tested a theoretical model that simultaneously examines all of the above factors that have been shown to influence quality of life in order to gain further insight into relationship between these factors.…”

“…Allen (1991) found that recreation participation had a negative relationship with quality of life. Other researchers have found that leisure is not as salient as other domains of quality of life in the increase of quality of life (Campbell, DWAYNE A. BAKER AND ROBERT J. PALMER 1981;Cummins, 1996).…”

The Benefits of Adult Piano Study as Self-Reported by Selected Adult Piano Students

“…Less than half of the students agreed that these benefits existed, and each benefit received low ratings of importance compared to the other benefit items investigated. Each of these benefits was cited frequently in the existing literature on leisure research (Allen, 1991;Driver & Bruns, 1999;Driver, Tinsley, et al, 1991;London et al, 1977;Tinsley & Johnson, 1984;Tinsley & Kass, 1979), and there was also frequent mention of these benefits in the literature on adult music participation (Chiodo, 1997;Heintzelman, 1989;Hinkle, 1988;Spencer, 1996).…”

“…Spreitzer and Snyder (1975) surveyed 500 subjects and found that 80% of the respondents agreed that sports fostered the development of fair play, while 70% agreed that sports developed good citizenship. Allen (1991) suggested that leisure activities in a community can have an effect on the overall perception of life satisfaction in that community. In a regression study where leisure was rated in fifth in both importance and satisfaction out of seven major dimensions of community life, leisure was actually the strongest predictor of overall satisfaction within the community.…”

Nanaimo's municipal parks: a users' study of nature trails

“…Th1s is more difficult than it first seems because the word community IS quite a broad concept (Allen , 1991 ). In fact , it has been described in sociological terms as being omnibus (Poplin , 1972 Firstly it has people , but it also has an element of place in terms of a specific geographic area .…”