juvenile delinquency can be considered as an important issue in the social sciences. also, the adolescents' leisure activities are important subjects which have been studied in the social sciences and humanities. this study assessed the relationship between leisure activities and delinquency among 610 male and female high school student in the city of shiraz. the questionnaire consists of two s...

objectives: the aim of this study was to explain the various style of leisure activity and recreation of elderly people in tehran. methods & materials: to achieve this purpose, 17 older participants within the age range of 65-86 years who were selected through purposeful sampling undertook semi structured interviews. a conventional qualitative content analysis was used for analyzing the data. r...

Complete List of Authors: Deighton, Kevin; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Duckworth, Lauren; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Matu, Jamie; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure Suter, Matthew; Leeds Beckett University, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisur...

This phenomenological case study examined the leisure experiences of five women with intellectual disabilities (ages 44-60) in two group homes. Using participant observation, artifacts, and semistructured interviews, the nature of the women's leisure experiences were understood within the conceptual framework of self-determination. Five staff members were also interviewed to further contextuali...

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...

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...

The 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey was administered to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults in Nevada to determine whether health disparities exist between AI/ANs and the state’s general population. Results showed AI/ANs were 1.5 times more likely to smoke cigarettes, 3.5 times more likely to be exposed to secondhand smoke, 3.2 times more likely to lack l...