Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a tendency for people participate more frequently in outdoor leisure activities as opposed indoor activities. Leisure bestow various benefits. The purpose of this research is study effect attitude, serious leisure, recreational specialization, and satisfaction among activity participants South Korea. Therefore, used analyze relationships among...

This study aims to investigate the relationships between leisure involvement, well-being, the benefits of serious leisure activities, and self-actualization for 2011 Changhua National Games volunteers. It selects 265 sports volunteer workers who participated in the 2011 Changhua National Games using convenience sampling. The results of the study show: 1. Leisure activity involvement for the spo...

OBJECTIVE To provide preliminary data on the Gambling Follow-Up Scale (GFS), a new scale assessing recovering gamblers. Secondary goals included assessing the impact of "work status," "family relationship," "leisure," and "enrolment in Gamblers Anonymous (GA)" on gambling (all items from the scale), together with the impact of treatment. METHOD Using the GFS, 3 independent raters interviewed ...

BACKGROUND Mothers of an infant are much less likely to exercise regularly compared to other women. This study tested the efficacy of a brief tailored intervention to increase physical activity (PA) in women 3-12 months after childbirth. The study used a pretest-posttest design. Sedentary women (n = 20) were recruited from a parenting organization. Half the participants were ethnic minorities, ...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate longitudinal relations between leisure and social activities and mental health status, considering the presence or absence of other persons in the activity as an additional variable, among middle-aged adults in Japan. This study used nationally representative data in Japan with a five-year follow-up period. METHODS This study focused on 16,642 middle...

Using seven waves of data, collected twice a year from the 8th through the 11th grades in a low-resource community in Cape Town, South Africa, we aimed to describe the developmental trends in three specific leisure experiences (leisure boredom, new leisure interests, and healthy leisure) and substance use (cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana) behaviors and to investigate the ways in which change...

Associations between children’s (N = 147) participation in structured leisure activities and their adjustment were examined. Caregivers provided lists of extracurricular activities (clubs, sports, and church activities) in which children participated. Children and caregivers participated in interviews and completed questionnaires designed to measure children’s adjustment in four domains (academ...

This study aimed to detail and analyse the design, evaluation outcomes of leisure education programs. Each program was designed for a particular population with specific set components, principles goals. Some techniques were identified as useful assist deliverers in effectively providing these services (e.g. contents, deliverers, delivery methods, settings duration), which are essential aspects...

OBJECTIVE To examine physical activity (PA) prevalence in individuals with arthritis in comparison with those with other chronic diseases. METHODS Descriptive analyses were based on cross-sectional self-reported data for adults over age 18 from the Canadian Community Health Survey administered in 2005 (N = 132,221) for the following groups: arthritis, back problems, other physical chronic con...