Organization Of Leisure Time Research Articles

Lights out, let\u2019s dance! An investigation into participation in No Lights, No Lycra and its association with health and wellbeing

BackgroundOrganized, leisure time physical activities are an important part of a population approach to increase total physical activity participation. Dancing is a type of organized leisure time activity which may be utilized to enhance public health. Individuals commonly participate in dance during childhood however few maintain participation into adulthood, dropping out of the activity while young. This study aimed to investigate who participates in an emerging dance activity, “No Lights, No Lycra”, which encourages people to participate in free-form dancing in the dark for 60 min designed as an inclusive, nonjudgmental, drug and alcohol-free community setting. This version of dance provides a modified opportunity for organized leisure time physical activity. No Lights, No Lycra has recorded increases in attendance at their events over the past decade. This popularity warrants an investigation into participant’s demographic characteristics, their total physical activity, as well as their motivations for dancing in the dark and any impacts on health and wellbeing.MethodsThis study invited No Lights, No Lycra participants from across Australia to complete a cross-sectional, self-report online survey. Participants were recruited while attending an organized session or through social media channels. The descriptive data provided through survey responses were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics.ResultsParticipants (n = 1190, 92% Female) reported their main reason for dancing in the dark was to have fun. Most participants were insufficiently active, with 88% of responders not meeting physical activity guidelines. The No Lights, No Lycra dance sessions contributed 23% of their total annual participation in organized physical activities.ConclusionNo Lights, No Lycra attracts adult women, rather than the typical dance participants – children; These women did not meet physical activity guidelines and typically had low levels of engagement in organized physical activity. Participation in No Lights, No Lycra, shows promise to increase women’s physical activity. This study into No Lights, No Lycra demonstrates how dance can be modified to engage a relatively inactive portion of the community. More should be done to understand how modifications to organized sport and physical activities can motivate and maintain engagement of typically inactive people.

The Young Educator in Tourism – a Case Study of Teenage Instructors of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association

Purpose. The article deals with the issues of youth participation in the organization of tourist events on the example of the work of teenage instructors of The Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP). The purpose of this article is to answer the questions: who are the teenage educators, what kind of experience do they have, what is their motivation to perform such a role, do they see the results of their work? The main axis of research is to verify the hypothesis concerning the phenomenon of self-education among respondents. Method. This article regarded the author’s own qualitative research based on case study analysis. The study was conducted during scouting camps of the 2016 Summer Scout Action. Four instructors participated in the study. Findings. The interviewees, despite their young age, already have considerable experience working with children, and their participation in tourist trips, organizing leisure time within the ZHP organization stimulates them to further develop and is a source of pleasure and inspiration. The process of self-education among participants in the study - young ZHP instructors, was also observed: they are able to indicate their achievements and fields to continue working on themselves, they have strong internal motivation to achieve more goals. On the basis of the obtained research results, a model of becoming a conscious educator was constructed. Research and conclusions limitations. The case study analysis is based only on a selected piece of reality. The results cannot be generalized to the whole population. Practical implications. Thanks to the results of research, it is worth recognizing and using the effects of participation of young people in organizing tourist events in tourist practice. Originality. The presented views of the participants in the survey are an important voice in the discussion on the educational role of tourism. The originality of the research results concerns a new perspective of the analysis of self-education within or through tourism. Type of paper. This article is based on case study analysis.

Tělovýchovné spolky a turnerské hnutí jako nástroje sudetoněmecké iredenty: Podíl sudetoněmeckých tělovýchovných organizací na rozbití československého státu

The Turner movement, founded in the beginning of the 19th century by Friedrich L. Jahn, played an important role in organizing leisure time activities of the Sudeten German population during the first half of the 20th century. After splitting from the Austrian Turners, the Sudeten German Turners took over not only the methodology of practice, but also incorporated some of their ideological standpoints. At the beginning, Sudeten German Turner clubs considered themselves apolitical; the main goal of the Sudeten German Turners was physical and moral education of youth. Notwithstanding this original purpose, over time they became a political tool for Sudeten German political representation and executors of various forms of sedition towards the Czechoslovakia. Not even strong ideological contradictions within the Turner movement stopped it from becoming isolated from other Czechoslovak sport organizations and from disseminating pan-German goals and ideas in Czechoslovakia. The Turners provided Sudeten German youth not only with physical education; the organization became an influential tool of socialization as well. This paper reveals the political goals of Sudeten German Turner clubs in the terms of its historical development and provides an overview of the most important Sudeten German Turner club DTV (Deutscher Turnverband). It also clarifies how, the originally physical education-orientated DTV contributed to the breaking-up of Czechoslovakia.

DARBUOTOJŲ PERDEGIMAS ORGANIZUOJANT LAISVALAIKĮ. ANYKŠČIŲ ATVEJIS

ABSTRACT Object of the analysis. The influence of employees’ burnout on organized leisure time. Investigation problem. Previous studies have shown that burnout is a factor that affects civil servants. As the employees’ well-being can influence the organization’s activities, the impact of the burnout on employees is a topical issue and is increasingly being analysed among scientists, but the effect of the burnout in organizing leisure activities is not widely researched, therefore the problem of this work is relevant and explorable. The impact of the burnout on leisure time employment could be more effective in organizing activities. Research methods – scientific literature data analysis, statistical analysis of data, structured interview. Aim of the analysis: to evaluate the impact of the burnout of employees on organized leisure time. Goals of the analysis. 1. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, to reveal theoretical concepts of leisure-time organization and leisure services. 2. To introduce the burnout contact with leisure time organization. 3. To analyse the impact of staff burnout ton organized leisure time. The results of the research revealed that the determination of the manifestation of burnout is important, the status of the leisure organizer and the quality of the organized activity depend on it. Therefore, the burnout manifestations that have been observed in a timely manner must be stopped so that the leisure time is organized properly. It has been found that the causes of the burnout are related to the leisure organizer and leisure activities. It is important for leisure organizers to pay attention to the success of the organized activities. Many respondents identified burnout factors that prove burnout. Outcomes and conclusions. This confirms that the burnout negatively affects the quality of the leisure time. In order to improve leisure activities, it is suggested to take into account the recommendations: 1. To identify the illness and its manifestations, to identify the causes of the manifestation, to try to overcome them with their own help or with the help of specialists. 2. To create conditions for training and counselling for psychologists that would promote the resolution of stress situations, conflict management, overcoming stress and ensuring good working relationships in a leisure setting. 3. Organize seminars for leisure organizers in which there would be a possibility to improve. 4. Encourage leisure organizers to engage in activities that meet their personal needs and interests.

Исследование потребностей людей старшего возраста в специализированных услугах велнесс-индустрии г. Новосибирска

The article is devoted to the considering theoretical and practical issues of the wellness industry development in Novosibirsk and the use of its opportunities for organizing leisure time for older people. The authors consider the development tendencies in the wellness industry as way for organizing the leisure of consumers whose physical, psycho-emotional and financial possibilities are lower than active age people. The statistical data cited in the article indicates that the development of services in this sector is rapidly growing, the range of services are expanded, wellness companies are oriented to different groups of consumers: children, pregnant women, disabled people, etc. However, attention is not paid to people of the third age. This research provides mapping the market of services of enterprises and organizations rendering wellness services. In particular, those organizations that provide fitness and dance services are considered. It is these services in the wellness industry that can solve for the elderly at least two tasks at a time - maintaining and strengthening psychosomatic health and creating conditions for versatile communication. The results of mapping show that Novosibirsk has large number of such organizations, however, only two among them (included in the federal fitness network) provide services for the elderly people. The survey of elderly people in Novosibirsk allowed to identify the need for fitness and dance services, and made it possible to determine priorities in time, cost and types of employment in the centers of the wellness industry. Also the authors note that classes for people of this target group should take into account its features and should be conducted by trainers with special education. According to these features specialized programs should be developed, including the use of recreational and service technologies as an alternative to the usual fitness.

Змістовий потенціал навчальних дисциплін професійної підготовки майбутніх учителів початкової школи до організації дозвілля школярів

Змістовий потенціал навчальних дисциплін професійної підготовки майбутніх учителів початкової школи до організації дозвілля школярів

MODEL OF PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY OF VOLUNTEERS ON SPIRITUAL-MORAL TRAINING OF MINORS IN RESIDENCE

The article actualizes the problem of the value disorientation of the younger generation. As an option for solving this problem, the author suggests combining the resources of student volunteerism and various social institutions, the resources of the place where minors live, to create a space for spiritual and moral education. In the article the author describes in detail the theoretical model. The model represents the unity of the target, subject, procedural, informative and diagnostic-effective components that determine the specifics of the organization of leisure time for children of different ages and different groups (the "risk" group, the "norm" group, children with disabilities) through participation in the value system –saturated spiritual-oriented, socially useful, cultural and creative activity on a leisure area during the summer period, as well as a set of diagnostic procedures, positive dynamics in changing the behavior and activities of pupils. The model developed by the author was implemented on five leisure areas in the summer period 2016, 2017 of the Perm region. The materials proposed in the article can be used by teachers of additional education, volunteer centers, student pedagogical units for organizing the process of spiritual and moral education of children and adolescents in the place of residence.

ОЦЕНКА ПОДРОСТКАМИ ОСНОВЫХ АСПЕКТОВ ЖИЗНЕДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ СЕМЬИ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЛМЫКИЯ)

The family is the basic unit of children’s socialization and education. The significant role of the family and parents has been described in a number of works by prominent historic and modern authors. According to the researchers, behavior patterns of the parental family are subsequently adopted and reproduced by an individual and are applied in establishment of social contacts. With evidence from a survey conducted in schools of the Republic of Kalmykia in 2015, the article examines a teenagers’ assessment of the main activities of the parental family. The most appreciated (by the teenagers) parental behavior patterns are related to such aspects as treatment of old people, relations with friends and attitude to work. The least supported realms are those of relations between parents and organization of leisure time. The analysis of children’s answers by the categories of gender, place of living and nationality testifies that teenagers’ assessment of parents’ organization of leisure time, distribution of household duties between parents depends on the gender and place of living. Influence of the nationality factor became evident in the assessment of educational strategies adopted within a family. Comparison of the results of the 2004 and 2015 surveys testifies that the activities of the family most approved by children are still — “treatment of old people” and “attitude to work”. Significant changes are there in the assessment of organization of leisure time: a share of children satisfied with how parents spend their leisure time has increased.

WEEKEND TOURISM AS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON

The article presents the conception of weekend tourism as a cultural phenomenon. The paper defines social functions of weekend tourism and the main stages of its development: the initial stage of weekend tourism, the stage when it becomes an organized leisure time activity, and the stage of its popularization. The article also introduces a classification of weekend tours and major centers for weekend tourism.

The Influence of Occupational Activity on Leisure Time of the Disabled People Who Live in the Rural Areas of the Lubelskie Voivodship

In most societies disabled people constitute a group with the lowest level of activity of occupational activity as well as organization of leisure time. These two dimensions in a very essential way influence each other depending on socio-demographic characteristics. In the case of disabled people vocational activity fulfils not only an economic function but also holds essential functions of rehabilitation and integration. Making proper use of free time has even greater influence on progress in rehabilitation, especially in the social sphere. This study aimed at examining the participation in leisure activities among disabled people in Lubelskie Voivodship in the context of occupational activity.

Assistive technology and leisure time of visually impaired students at the University of Zagreb

Leisure time is important part of life for each person including visually impaired persons. Education, including studying on higher education studies, is integral and important part of young people's life. In this period of life almost everybody faces with new situations, such as independent decision - making and taking responsibility for these decisions. Making one own's desicions and taking responsibility for them in this part of life seems even demanding when dealing with visual impairment. Assistive technologies contribute to significant changes in our society and play increasing role in everyday life. Use of assistive technologies can provide new opportunities regarding overcoming the barriers, both physical and social, and improving quality of life. A questionnaire consisted of 23 items divided in 3 parts (general information, leisure time activities, aspects of quality of life) has been designed for the purpose of this research. The aim of this research was to gain comprehensive insight of assitive technology (players and recorders, electronic magnifier, electronic cane, scener, talking unit, screen readers and screen magnifiers, GPS, cell phones) use in leisure time by visually impaired students at University of Zagreb. Participants included in this research were visually imapired students (n=31). The data has been analiyzed with statistical software package Statistica 9, and the results showed the influence of assistive technology use on leisure time activities, as well as the importance and frequency of assitive technology use by visually impaired students. Assistive technologies had the most influence on fulfillment of study obligations quality, creating new contacts and relationships and organizing leisure time. Leisure time activities which are the most affected by using assistive technologies are activities for fun and other interests.

THE USE OF EUROPEAN CULINARY HERITAGE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF LEISURE

Sustainable farming and ecological culinary heritage and food production along with balancedstrategy and technologies could be closely related. This would make conditions for healthy food production.Research objectwas European culinary heritage leisure organization.Research aimwas reveal opportunities for organizing leisure time activities with Europeanculinaryheritage.Research methodswereresearchliterature review and questionnaire survey.Research results revealed that the majority of respondents equated the concept of free time with agood rest tasting and enjoying traditional regional culinary dishes. Regional culinary heritage is one of thebest possibilities to promote traditional regional food as well as to help you spend your leisure timepurposefully.Keywords:leisure, culinary heritage dishes, European Culinary Heritage network.

Wpływ aktywności zawodowej na wykorzystanie czasu wolnego osób niepełnosprawnych zamieszkałych na obszarach wiejskich

The way people organize their spare time, to a great extent, is the reflection of economic and cultural transformations of the society. It also applies to disabled people. It is not only a matter of how much free time people have, but also how they spend it, who helps them to organize it and with whom this free time is shared. In most societies disabled people constitute a group with the lowest level of activeness considering both their professional and their organization of leisure time. These two dimensions in the very essential way influence each other depending on the socio-demographic characteristics of the people. In the case of disabled people professional activity fulfils not only economic function but also holds essential functions of rehabilitation and integration. Making a proper use of free time has even greater influence on the progress in rehabilitation, especially in the social one. The study was aimed at examining the participation in free time of the disabled in the context of the vocational activeness.

Parent–adolescent joint projects involving leisure time and activities during the transition to high school

Leisure research to date has generally overlooked planning and organizing of leisure time and activities between parents and adolescents. This investigation examined how a sample of Canadian adolescents and their parents jointly constructed and acted on goals related to adolescents' leisure time during the move from elementary to high school. Using the Qualitative Action-Project Method, data were collected over an 8–10 month period from 26 parent–adolescent dyads located in two urban sites, through video-taped conversations about leisure time, video recall interviews, and telephone monitoring interviews. Analysis of the data revealed that the joint projects of the 26 dyads could be grouped into three clusters: a) governance transfer or attempts to shift, from parent to adolescent, responsibility over academic demands, organizing leisure time, and safety with peers, b) balancing extra-curricular activities with family life, academics, and social activities, and c) relationship adjustment or maintenance.

Nutritional status of preschool children

Objective. The aim of this research was the analysis of nutritional status of preschool children during the systematic examination for enrollment in the first grade of elementary school. Methods. The 212 children born in the period from 01/03/2002 to 28/02/2003, and 304 children born in the period from 01/03/2003 to 28/02/2004 were included. Height and weight of children were measured in March 2009 (older children) and March 2010 (younger children) in the Pediatric Department of Health Center Curpija. Data about parents' employment, nutrition and organization of leisure time as well as physical activity were also obtained. The analysis included descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing, at p=<0.05. Results. The incidence of obesity, overall, was 5.04% and the incidence of overweight children was 10.08%. In the subgroup of girls, there were 25 obese children (9.96%) and 13 overweight children (5.18%). In the subgroup of boys, there were 13 obese (5.28%) and 26 overweight children (9.81%). Between boys and girls, there was no statistically significant difference in the number of obese or overweight. With tested factors, individual foods (dietary habits) were not significantly more common in overweight children, but overall, a certain type (form) of diet (combination of individual foods) was represented differently in children with normal body weight and the others. Parents' employment as well as physical activity were also not significantly different, but factor of time spent watching TV and working at computers was a very significant factor in childhood obesity. Conclusion. The results of this study suggest that there are problems with excessive weight gain in children entering the first grade of elementary school.

Exploring the Relationships between Free-Time Management and Boredom in Leisure

The purpose of the study was to examine the relations of five dimensions of free-time management (including goal setting and evaluating, technique, values, immediate response, and scheduling) with leisure boredom, and whether these factors could predict leisure boredom. A total of 500 undergraduates from a university in southern Taiwan were surveyed with 403 usable questionnaires was returned. Pearson correlation analysis revealed that five dimensions of free-time management had significant negative relationships with leisure boredom. Furthermore, the results of stepwise regression analysis revealed that four dimensions of free-time management were significant contributors to leisure boredom. Finally, we suggested students can avoid boredom by properly planning and organizing leisure time and applying techniques for managing leisure time.

P02-125 - Need for community-based services for mentally ill persons and their families

ObjectiveTo investigate need for social support for persons with mental health problems and their families on example of screening-questionnaire of persons, visiting on World Mental Health Day Clinics of Mental Health Research Institute SB RAMSci, Tomsk, Russia.MethodsScreening-questionnaire was carried out anonymously. Questions were answered by 14 persons of various ages, randomly selected by investigator. Respondents had to choose variants of answers for 4 questions:Results100% of respondents have come to clinics for their mental health problems, among them 1 person (7%) was a relative of person with mental health problems. 2 persons (14%) had friends with mental health problems. One person said that it is simply interesting for him. Patients and relatives need more information about mental health. They’d like to know about available medication. Overwhelming number of respondents believed that establishment of site and organization for mentally ill and relatives is necessary. % of negative answers was significantly lower and was explained by unwillingness to attract attention of other people. Organization of leisure-time would diversify life of patients and relatives. Of interest is advocacy of patients and their relatives,ConclusionsAnalysis of screening-questionnaire has shown that social support is really needed by persons with mental health problems and it may be rendered by user-led organizations, need for which in Russia has not been still satisfied. Social support is important both for patients and their families because they are often isolated and hardly cope with challenge of poor mental health of ill family member.

Učitelj - kreator izvannastavnih aktivnosti

Rad stavlja naglasak na kreativnost kao kompetenciju suvremenog učitelja, ne samo u nastavi već i kroz izvannastavne kreativnosti. Također su prikazani i rezultati deskriptivne analize zastupljenosti izvannastavnih aktivnosti po područjima (glazba, šport, literarne, dramske i lutkarske grupe, eko-sekcije itd.) u osnovnim školama Zadarske županije. Činjenica je kako su u mnogim školama zanemarene izvannastavne aktivnosti, a one mogu, ako potiču kreativnost, biti izrazito koriste za učenike. Ne samo kao poticaj za smisleno organiziranje i korisno provođenje slobodnog vremena nego i kao instrument ostvarivanja odgojnih, ali i funkcionalnih zadataka nastave. S tim u svezi treba istaći da se na taj način sprječava nastanak brojnih neprihvatljivih ponašanja učenika, koje se impliciraju, upravo u neorganiziranom slobodnom vremenu. Treba naglasiti da je na učitelju velika zadaća kako izvanastavne aktivnosti učiniti djeci zanimljivijima od dokolice i hedonizma. Mogućnosti financiranja natjecanja, puto-vanja, nabavke rekvizita i materijala koji su potrebni uključuje i angažman šire lokalne zajednice. U slobodnom vremenu vrebaju brojne opasnosti, a pedagoško djelovanje moramo usmjeriti na prevenciju.

Handicapped patients and leisure sports--a chance for social integration

Organizing leisure time in an active way with lots of experiences is getting more and more important in western society. Accordingly, sports activities and travelling as well as their combination, holiday sports activities, are in great demand. A general idea of the literature in that field with regard to the possibilities and difficulties of handicapped persons is that holiday sports activities are considered apt to offer outstanding prerequisites for handicapped and nonhandicapped people getting closer to each other. Starting out on this basis, this survey is mainly dedicated to the following questions: What is the situation for handicapped persons in holiday sports activities? Is holiday sporting in a position to meet the expectations of social integration, and to what extent? A questionnaire about these items was answered by wheelchair users, making it clear, on the one hand, that there are hardly any offers for disabled people to take part in holiday sporting activities. On the other hand, the survey confirms that holiday sports activities are well suited to answer major demands of the integration issue, i.e., communication and interaction as well as other factors conducive to social integration. Subsequently, the author formulates the request that access to and participation in holiday sporting activities be made easier for disabled people so that greater use can be made of these special opportunities for social integration.

Media Use and the Relationships of Children and Teenagers with their Peer Groups

This article reports first results from a comparative analysis of interview data from Finland, Spain and Switzerland. Within the framework of a developmental perspective on the role of media in everyday life, we focus on cross-cultural similarities and differences in how media use is related to children's and teenagers' relationships with their peers. The data revealed main ways in which media are part of young people's everyday lives: using media together with peers; as a source for common topics in play and talk; as a means of facilitating identification with groups and their values; and for the development of an individual identity. The comparison between the three countries showed that these forms of media use are central to different age groups in the three countries, influenced by different concepts of children's autonomy from adult supervision, systems of organizing leisure time activities and the structure of the school day.