BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that physical activity may have antidepressant and/or anti-anxiety effects. AIMS To examine the bidirectional relationship between physical activity and common mental disorders and establish the importance of context, type and intensity of activity undertaken. METHOD A clinical examination of 40 401 residents of Norway was undertaken. Participants ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore the association between adolescent drunkenness and participation in risky leisure time activities and parental monitoring. METHODS A sample of 3,694 Slovak elementary school students (mean age 14.5 years; 49.0% males) was assessed for drunkenness in the previous month, participation in risky leisure activities and parental monito...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between leisure-time physical inactivity and sociodemographic factors and risk or protection factors for chronic noncommunicable diseases among adults. METHODS Cross-sectional study comprising adults aged 18 years and older (n = 1,996). Data was obtained from the Surveillance System for Risk Factors for Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases (CNCDs), a random-di...

Recent research has considered the “benefits of leisure” from psychological, physiological , and social perspectives. Such studies, while valuable, have overlooked an even more fundamental benef i t , that i s , the poss ible contribution of leisure to human adaptation. The concept of adaptation holds that those who possess environmentally favored forms, whether biological, behavioral, or cultu...

INTRODUCTION Using data from the 2004 Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we investigated whether the physical activity behaviors of people with disabilities are related to their perceptions of the characteristics of the built environment and whether this relationship differs from that of people without disabilities. METHODS The research questions were, "Are perceived neighborho...

There is a lack of research and literature concerned with services which are produced and delivered over substantial, sustained time periods. The growing Leisure Air Travel industry has a major component of extended–duration product (long-haul flights). In the existing literature, there is little or no distinction made between leisure and business travellers regarding their motivation and expec...

results two hundred and ninety-nine respondents completed the leisure time and marital conflict questionnaires. five major leisure patterns were identified accounting for 60.3% of the variance in data. the most dominant pattern was family-oriented activities (e.g. spending time with family outdoors and spending time with family indoors) and was negatively linked to marital conflict (standardize...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate levels of physical activities at work, leisure, and sports and to correlate them with socioeconomic and health factors. METHODS Validated questionnaire administered to a random sample of 406 adults. Items covered demographic data, health status, smoking, and duration, frequency, intensity of physical activities. Indices of physical activity at work, leisure, and sports w...

What place is there for holy play in experience-oriented society? Is it possible and useful to make analytic distinctions between the liturgical quality of events? I explored these questions by doing research on the boundaries between the religious field and the field of leisure. Fifty site visits to public events in the Netherlands (2006-2014) resulted in a collection of ethnographic data. I u...

BACKGROUND The workplace is a main setting for prolonged sitting for some occupational groups. Convincing evidence has recently accumulated on the detrimental cardio-metabolic health effects of leisure-time sitting. Yet, much less is known about occupational sitting, and the potential health risk attached compared to leisure-time sitting. OBJECTIVE To explore the separate and joint associatio...