What is Leisure? The Perceptions of Recreation Practitioners and Others

Loss, adaptation and new directions: The impact of arm morbidity on leisure activities following breast cancer

“…Participants experienced leisure in a variety of ways and intensities (see also Greenwood Parr & Lashua, 2004;Holland, 2009;Kim, 2008;Siegenthaler & Vaughan, 1998). Leisure was idiosyncratically defined and when participation in such meaningful activities was no longer possible, a multitude of losses were incurred.…”

“…Leisure activities promote life balance, personal renewal, resilience, and capacity to proactively cope with stress (Fullagar, 2008;Hutchinson, Bland, & Kleiber, 2008;Iwasaki, 2006Iwasaki, , 2007Iwasaki, , 2008. The literature illustrates that leisure is experienced in a variety of individually defined ways, depending on the subjective meanings and perceptions that people have (Greenwood Parr & Lashua, 2004;Holland, 2009;Kim, 2008;Siegenthaler & Vaughan, 1998). Such activities may help to diminish negative life effects and enhance positive life attributes; leisure activities are often described as pathways to meaning-making (Rojek, 2005;Kleiber, 2002).…”

Examination of the factors which prevent to participate the recreative activities: Example of girls high school<p>Rekreatif etkinliklere katılımı engelleyen faktörlerin incelenmesi: Kız lisesi örneği

“…Parr ve Lashua (2004) ise boş zaman kelimesini değişik fikirleri, düşünceleri ve kavramları çağrıştırdığını belirtir. Kelimenin normatif anlamlarına geleneksel olarak bakıldığında ise insanın özgür olduğu zaman olarak ifade edildiğini belirtmiştir.…”

What difference does dance make? Critical conversations across dance, physical activity and public health

“…In sum, in attempting to locate dance, we have ourselves 'danced' in many ways, dazzled by the almost prismatic characteristics of dance as a kind of 'lens' through which sport, physical activity and health can be viewed. Thus, we express caution towards views that valorise dance as only a means to an end (e.g., dance will lead to health) rather than celebrate dance as an end in itself (i.e., 'leisure', see Arai and Pedlar, 2003;Parr and Lashua, 2004). …”