Leisure as a cross-cultural concept

Purrington, Andrew; Hickerson, Benjamin

doi:10.1080/04419057.2013.782564

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“…However, there is consensus upon the definition concerning free time or leisure time as "the time left over after time taken for work and other obligations (Henderson, 1984). However, these free-time activities are highly related to income (Kelly, 2009), and the changing preferences of the individuals (Purrington & Hickerson, 2013). Research concerning youth, leisure, and recreation has spanned decades and has been approached from sociological, economical, psychological, recreational, physiological, and philosophical perspectives.…”

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The relevance of leisure marketing activities among university level students

Afridi

Zeeshan

2021

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The leisure sector represents the fastest and among one of the largest growing economic sectors of consumer spending. However, our understanding and knowledge of consumer psychology of recreation and leisure are yet limited to the social and economic significance of the under-research phenomenon. Therefore this study investigated the relevance of recreational marketing activities in leisure consumers in terms of their preferences. Through an online survey 300 responses were collected from the respondents till closing date. Confirmatory Factor Analysis were conducted with help of AMOS 24 software. Significant differences were found in terms of importance, and place, between male and female students. Moreover, higher mean observed for male students than females in terms of these sub-dimensions social, access, and place. This study offer many practical and managerial applications to marketers and policy makers by identifying the important dimension of leisure activities.

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The relevance of leisure marketing activities among university level students

Afridi

Zeeshan

2021

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“…Although leisure is commonly understood from a lay perspective, among scientific literature a diversity of leisure definitions exists making difficult a unique definition of leisure [17]. Despite this, researchers have been trying to converge characterizing leisure, highlighting relevant dimensions and categories in order to understand the plurality of perspectives based such a multidisciplinary topic.…”

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Imbalances in the Study of the Relationship between Leisure and Self-Esteem: A Systematic Review

Codina

Freire

2020

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This systematic review offers a comprehensive examination of the relationship between leisure and self-esteem. The different perspectives were analyzed according to a framework that includes the different approaches for defining and measuring leisure, and a similar one was proposed for self-esteem. Articles indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) up to the end of 2018 were reviewed, specifically those that contained the keywords “leisure”, “self-esteem” or “self esteem” anywhere in the manuscript. Articles that did not present the qualitative or quantitative instruments needed to evaluate leisure or self-esteem were excluded. A total of 49 articles included the final quantitative synthesis. The overall findings showed that the prevailing methodology was objective (external). As regards content, the following combinations predominated: the behavioral approach to leisure with the unidimensional approach to self-esteem and the experiential approach to leisure with the unidimensional approach to self-esteem. Less studies were observed with the combination of mixed approaches and more comprehensive analyses: the behavioral-experiential combined with the multidimensional. To conclude, this study shows there is a demand for further empirical studies that explore the relationships between leisure and self-esteem. It also identified which approaches are most desirable to expand our understanding of the relationships between leisure and self-esteem.

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“…It varies across disciplines, cultures and time. Purrington and Hickerson (2013) draw a distinction between 'free' child play and 'restrained' adult leisure (p. 133), arguing that whilst they both generally occur in addition to everyday living needs, participating in leisure reflects self-discipline and the acquisition of cultural norms. It is not within the remit of this chapter to discuss in detail the meaning of these terms, however it is important to note at the outset that the focus of this study were the spaces that young wheelchair users used during their time outside of school, and those that they related to 'play' or 'leisure' activities.…”

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“…This is especially so during the teenage years. In this sense, leisure is important as a future investment (Purrington and Hickerson, 2013).…”

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“…Barriers and restrictions to participation can impact on how young people view, relate to, use and experience particular spaces, challenging ideologies which promote leisure as associated with free time and free will (Purrington and Hickerson, 2013). Some of the barriers experienced by disabled young people in attempting to access leisure opportunities are not dissimilar to those experienced by their non-disabled peers (John and Wheway, 2004); however they may face additional challenges.…”

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Young Wheelchair Users’ Play and Recreation

Pyer¹

2015

Play, Recreation, Health and Well Being

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Despite a rapid increase in research into children and young people's lives, the experiences of disabled children -and in particular disabled young people -still remain largely overlooked. This chapter offers some reflections on the leisure experiences of young wheelchair users (13-17 years) in their homes and across a range of public spaces. The data that are presented were collected during a multi-method UK-based project which was designed to capture their use of different spaces away from the school environment. The teenagers and their parents discussed the physical and social barriers inherent in these places which impeded on their access to leisure. Their contributions signal the importance of situating the leisure experiences of young people in the context of families. The complex relationships and negotiations between parents and teenagers in accessing leisure are explored, signalling the ways that they work together, or at times in opposition, to open up or close down leisure opportunities. James: Massive thing, massive.Mother: It's a sturdy table, really sturdy.James: And we got the TV up a bit.Mother: …it was a coffee table and we chopped it so, his TV sits on that, even more to bring it up to his eye level.

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Leisure as a cross-cultural concept

Cited by 26 publications

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The relevance of leisure marketing activities among university level students

The relevance of leisure marketing activities among university level students

Imbalances in the Study of the Relationship between Leisure and Self-Esteem: A Systematic Review

Young Wheelchair Users’ Play and Recreation

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