The relationship between work and leisure, with regard to various aspects of work and its meaning, was examined in two groups of people: leisure-oriented and work-oriented. Leisure-to-work spillover characterized the relations between leisure orientation and the following variables: absolute work centrality, interpersonal contacts, intrinsic orientation, obligation norm, and weekly work hours. ...

To date, researchers from various disciplines have studies leisure time; most have focused on quality of leisure activity, psychological benefits of leisure, spiritual effect, thereby neglecting the effect of social classes on features and quality of the selected place. Third place is defined as a location outside of home or work that allows for social interaction and emotional support, regardl...

Studies have shown that family and work spillover affects well-being and that leisure activities can alleviate the negative effects of work-related stress on health. However, few studies have focused on investigating the effects of specific leisure activities among specific populations. To examine whether leisure activities in green spaces can promote individual recovery processes and alleviate...

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...

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...