The activity involvement of women and men in young and middle adulthood: A panel study

Family Holidays—Vacation or Obli-cation?

“…The findings support the literature in that holiday experiences are heavily impacted by the 168 presence and absence of children (Freysinger and Ray 1994;Lin and Lehto 2006). Mainly selfcontained accommodation was chosen, confirming self-catering holidays as a popular and inexpensive way for families with children to access holidays (Mottiar and Quinn 2012).…”

A call for the increased use of longitudinal methods in research on adult leisure

“…While there have been previous calls for using longitudinal approaches in leisure research, (Carpenter, 1992b;Crawford, Godbey, & Crouter, 1986;Freysinger & Ray, 1994;McGuire, Dottavio, & O'Leary, 1987;O'Leary, Behrens-Tepper, McGuire, & Dottavio, 1986;Osgood & Howe, 1984;Scott & Willits, 1989), those calls have not resulted in a large number of studies being carried out, at least that have been reflected in the literature to date. Part of the reason why is that longitudinal work, by its nature, takes years to complete, so the body of knowledge with respect to adult leisure has developed with relatively little understanding resultant from such methodological approaches.…”

“…Carpenter's sequential observations o a yearly basis provide data at more regular intervals, but data tha could be compromised because participants may recall or be influ enced by their previous years' responses. Both the Glancy et al (1986 andthe Freysinger andRay (1994) studies benefit from the series o three observations obtained over a longer period of time. Initial dat for these studies were collected when study participants were in hig school and then collected 5 to 10 years later.…”

“…Their findings revealed that status attainment in adulthood was linked to leisure patterns during adolescence. (Glancy, Willits, & Farrell, 1986) Preferences for specific leisure activities over activity time for married partners (Crawford, Godbey, & Crouter, 1986) Stability of leisure participation and motivation factors (Lounsbury & Hoopes, 1988) Relationship between adolescent leisure activity, activity participation and midlife leisure activity (Scott & Willis, 1989;1996) Change and continuity attitude in leisure perceptions and life experiences (Carpenter, 1992a(Carpenter, , 1992b(Carpenter, , 1994(Carpenter, , 1997 Frequency, change, and predictors of involvement indiscretionary activity (Freysinger & Ray, 1994) Relationship between participation, impact of leisure goals, and psychological well-being (Iwasaki & Smale, 1998) 10 194719571971 Every other year (1981( -1983( ) 1980( 1985( 1947( 1992( Yearly (1987( -1996 In 12th Preferences for specific leisure activities over time for married partners were the focus of a study conducted by Crawford, et al (1986). The researchers used two observations to collect data from 126 married couples during 1981 and again in 1983.…”

United States

“…As a result, the flavor of the brief is predominantly white, middle class, able, and male, although there is an increasing literature on females. (Freysinger and Ray, 1994). It must be cautioned that the generalizations offered are just that-generalizations from the perspective of one writer.…”