Understanding Of Leisure Research Articles

Determinants of the happiness of adolescents: A leisure perspective.

Leisure plays a key role in the happiness of youth. Studies have shown that various factors of leisure, such as the type, the time, the cost, and the space, have an influence on the adolescents' happiness. However, little is known about which of these factors is a major factor in youth's happiness. The purpose of this study is to explore the leisure factors that determine happiness in adolescents by examining the relationship between happiness and various leisure factors. The study used the method of machine learning to analyze national statistical data, National Leisure Activity Survey. The data used in this study were from the National Leisure Activity Survey 2019, which is a national statistic produced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in the Republic of Korea. The analysis found that leisure perceptions, academic and leisure balance, and public leisure space have a very important impact on the adolescents' well-being. The findings of this research may contribute to a better understanding of leisure and happiness in adolescents, and will also help adolescents make better use of their leisure time, leading to better leisure lives, and ultimately contribute to raising their level of happiness.

Philosophy at Leisure: How Is Festivity Possible?

The article explores the conditions enabling the celebration within the context of philosophical, enlightening, and educational activities. The authors contemplate the role of leisure in human life, referencing Plato’s view of leisure as a prerequisite for philosophical discussion, Aristotle’s concept of intellectual leisure for the free citizen, Josef Pieper’s understanding of leisure as a means for personal and spiritual development, and Sebastian de Grazia’s perspective on the interconnection between leisure and creativity, culture, individual freedom, and society. It is argued that leisure as an intellectual activity has not become customary in society since Aristotle’s time and, in the modern world, the definition of this concept is confined merely to the realm of entertainment. This limitation necessitates the search for new forms of intellectual leisure that are relevant in the context of contemporary mass culture. The authors analyze the philosophical ball as a form of intellectual leisure, particularly focusing on the years of experience in organizing annual festive events by the family philosophical club “School of Socrates” at the Central House of Artists in Moscow. The external, attributive form of the philosophical ball is linked with Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of the carnivalization of culture: its spectacles, theatricality, the presence of masks and costumes, and the involvement of all participants in a unified action. The internal content of the philosophical ball is determined by philosophical concepts, historical figures, or artistic images relevant to the specific era and culture, facilitating the perception and discussion of the proposed philosophical ideas. The narrative is further enriched by a case study detailing the methodological orchestration of a philosophical ball themed around Russian Symbolism. The authors conclude that the philosophical ball, as a form of intellectual leisure, addresses epistemological tasks and serves enlightening and educational functions: it engenders an authentic milieu of philosophical festivity, nurturing the creative impetus of its participants and facilitating a profound and universally accessible experiential odyssey into the realms of worldview and cognition.

"This is Slowly Becoming my Interest…": The Understanding of Leisure and Preferences for Leisure Activities of People Receiving Adult Day Services.

Currently it is unknown what people receiving adult day services (ADS) understand as leisure and the activities they prefer remain unknown. To address these gaps, we investigated the understanding of leisure of people receiving ADS. We conducted semistructured interviews with 15 people receiving ADS in Germany. Interviews were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. The sweet bitter symphony emphasizes the sensations that shape participant's understanding of leisure. Young, wild & free! describes the types of preferred activities. Is this our last tango? refers to the barriers. Anchors aweigh! the [ongoing] voyage describes the process by which leisure is transferred from private domain to the ADS environment. The beginning is the end is the beginning illustrates the paradox of understanding the ADS as offering a form of leisure and the adaptation to engage in nonpreference-based activities. Our findings indicate the importance in offering leisure activities that enable preference-based engagement in the ADS.

Occupational Consciousness as a Construct in Building a Leisure Understanding in OT Mental Health Care

Abstract Date Presented 04/22/2023 This study describes how an understanding of leisure that encompasses occupational consciousness can help OTs in their work with people with severe mental health disorders in urgent community-based care settings. Primary Author and Speaker: Adriana Goncalves Queiroz

Скляр Г. П., Дробиш Л. В., Тараненко О. О., Логвин М. М., Шуканов П. В. Астахова І. Е. МАРКЕТИНГОВИЙ ПІДХІД ЩОДО ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ ТА ФОРМУВАННЯ НАВЧАЛЬНОЇ МОТИВАЦІЇ СТУДЕНТІВ

Annotation. The purpose of the article is to study the transformation of scientific opinion regarding the understanding of leisure and leisure activities in the field of tourism. Methodology of research. The solution of the tasks set in the article was carried out with the help of general scientific and special research methods: analysis and synthesis, systematization and generalization. Findings. The views of scientists on leisure activities in the field of tourism are analyzed. A study of the transformation of scientific thought regarding the understanding of leisure and leisure activities in the field of tourism from traditional approaches to modern views was conducted. The value of leisure activities for the realization of health, educational, professional and recreational needs of a person based on his constant self-development and self-improvement is substantiated. This made it possible to reveal the peculiarities of the organization of leisure at enterprises in the tourism sector and the prospects for its development. The contribution of scientists to the development of methodological aspects of the organization of leisure activities in the field of tourism is outlined. It was found that the use of various forms and methods of leisure organization in tourism will serve to increase the attractiveness of tourist destinations. The need for further research into the phenomenon of leisure in tourism is indicated. Practical value. The article substantiates the relevance of further scientific studies of leisure activities in the field of tourism, which will provide an opportunity to increase the competitive position of the domestic tourism industry in the world tourism market. It is advisable to use the scientific provisions of the study in the organization of leisure activities in the field of tourism, identifying the peculiarities of its development and improvement. The results of the research are important for the training of masters in tourism, as they influence the formation of a critical understanding of problems in the field of tourism and recreation and at the boundaries of the fields of knowledge.

Construção coletiva do entendimento de lazer na saúde mental territorial por terapeutas ocupacionais: um estudo qualitativo

Abstract Introduction Leisure is considered an occupation present in studies, evaluations and interventions of occupational therapy. In Latin America, there are few works dedicated to building the understanding of professionals or their perceptions about leisure. There are even fewer studies that correlate the understanding of these professionals with occupational science on this occupation within the field of mental health. Objective To know the understanding of leisure by occupational therapists working in the mental health of public services that substitute the asylum psychiatric model. Methodology : This research was qualitative, descriptive and exploratory, with a cross-sectional design. A focus group and thematic analysis of information arising from the process of collective construction of occupational therapists, working in public services with a territorial base of urgency in mental health, in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, on their understandings regarding leisure were used. Results Three categories emerged: (a) Leisure - pleasure; (b) Leisure - free choice; and (c) Leisure - transcendence of hardness. Conclusion Leisure is an important occupation for occupational therapists working in mental health in the territory; may find resonance in practices that encourage contractuality and autonomy, especially when combined with the principles of occupational science of valuing human doing in its variable ways of experiencing it. It is believed that this research can help occupational therapists and occupation scientists in understanding contemporary leisure, in dialogue with care in the territory and anti-asylum positioning.

Leisure for people with disability: perceptions of undergraduate students in physical education

TThe leisure is a constitutional right for Brazilians citizens. People with disability form a group that may encounter architectural and attitudinal barriers to access leisure, therefor is relevant to study the understanding of this theme. The present research investigated how physical education undergraduates in public institutions of the state of São Paulo understand leisure for people with disability. A qualitative design was used. A sample of 322 undergraduate students attending senior year, from 9 campi of universities in state of São Paulo, answered a semi-structured questionnaire. Data analysis was performed with Iramuteq software, using Reinert method to analyze the corpus clusters. Results showed that the students understanding of leisure for people with disability overlaps with the conventional definitions used in scientific literature in Brazilian context. As a conclusion, they understand: (1) leisure is the same for people with and without disability; (2) leisure is a possibility for people with disability; (3) leisure is about pleasure; (4) activities that may be understood as leisure; (5) spaces need to be adapted to received people with disability properly.

REFLECTING THE ROLE OF LEISURE AND LEISURE PREFERENCES OF YOUTH IN MODERN SOCIETY

Relevance: the transformations and integration processes taking place in the modern world are undoubtedly reflected in the leisure preferences of society, in the understanding of leisure itself, in the change in the socio-cultural situation in the sphere of leisure. Leisure for young people is one of the primary values, which gives them the opportunity to develop, realize, satisfy certain needs. Understanding of leisure, its role in the formation of personality and significance in society is a prerequisite for understanding the modern sociocultural situation.
 Purpose and methods of research: to determine the meaningful characteristics of leisure and leisure preferences of young people in modern society. To achieve this goal, we carried out a theoretical analysis of literary sources, which allows us to define leisure as one of the key values of human life, to identify its meaningful elements. The empirical block of work is presented by sociological research, which allows to determine the understanding of “leisure” and leisure preferences of modern youth.
 Results. The results obtained in the course of the study give us the opportunity to conclude that in the modern world there is a certain reassessment of the value of leisure as a philosophical and cultural category in the life of society. Leisure is changing its orientations, transforming from relaxation to the possibility of self-realization and self-development of one’s creative and intellectual potential.
 Scope of the results. The results obtained in the course of the research can be taken into account and applied within the framework of educational work in educational institutions, as well as in cultural institutions for organizing relevant events and festive programs.

Recognizing Leisure: A Portrait of the Concept through the Educated Self

Much of the current available literature on leisure characterizes it as an additional consumer good: a derivative of capitalist society, featured as a commodity and, for the most part, an industry. This paper argues that recovering the concept of leisure from the ancients, with a contemporary focus on culture and the practice of living artfully, will help us create a new understanding of leisure that will break free from the reigning popular focus on “free time.” The concept of leisure (scholé) will here be set against an existential backdrop that will situate it entirely within the realm of education, to reveal important connections to what it means to be an educated self and to lead a flourishing collective life in the form of culture. This discussion will conclude with a portrait of the concept that will be of interest to democracy-oriented educators, as we set the groundwork for actualizing the concept in the practice and lives of teachers and students in today’s world.

Philosophical chemistry: what the alchemy of Gadamer And Aristotle brings to leisure studies

ABSTRACT In this research note I argue that leisure has rarely been studied using hermeneutic philosophy and phenomenology. Yet hermeneutic philosophy offers a richly realised, empathic philosophy of egalitarian communication, anchored in respect and openness. In hermeneutic philosophy language is pre-eminent for expressing the meanings of our life experiences and how we understand them. I suggest that hermeneutic philosophy and phenomenology, entwined with Aristotle’s concept of leisure together forge a potent approach for studying and interpreting leisure meanings. Moreover, it has often been asked whether hewing to Western-centric philosophies in the unfolding of leisure meanings of people of other cultures has relevance or is appropriate. I propose that in holding to Aristotle’s holistic understanding of leisure as essential for human thriving we may come closer to more receptively hearing and understanding the voices of others when they share with us what is fulfilling and meaningful in their leisure. Therefore, I propose that the embrace of leisure as a philosophy of thriving and flourishing, entwined with a hermeneutical phenomenological approach to understanding being through language, affords a heady alchemy of philosophically forged tools for guiding leisure studies in exploring the ontological, lived experiences of leisure.

Exploring the Role of Leisure in Immigrant Students’ Lived and Embodied Experiences of Identity, Community, and Belonging within Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Canadian government employs robust efforts to promote and prioritize immigration, as immigration significantly contributes to Canadian economy, population, and culture. As Canada continues to grow as a culturally and racially diverse society, it is necessary to explore and understand immigrants’ lived and embodied experiences within community, their sense of identity, and feelings of belonging, as these phenomena can shape health and well-being. Leisure activities or experiences are understood to cultivate and promote self-expression, socialization, and wellness amidst and despite challenges related to resettlement as experienced by immigrants. While there is enough literature about adult immigrants’ settlement experiences and the impacts of such experiences on physical, social, emotional, and mental health and well-being, immigrants attending post-secondary institutions are understudied, particularly in Atlantic Canada. Further, the role of leisure in cultivating a sense of identity and belonging is underdeveloped within these contexts. This proposed qualitative study attends to these gaps by exploring the role of leisure in the lived and embodied experiences of identity, community, and belonging as experienced by immigrants attending post-secondary institutions in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Guided by Merleau-Ponty’s principles of embodiment and a transformative paradigm, this proposed study employs collage-making, a creative, participatory method to engage participants and understand their experiences, amplify their voices, and potentially enrich their lives and well-being. Findings of this proposed study can inform policy and practice within post-secondary institutions, settlement services, and community centres, and can deepen our understanding of leisure’s potential to contribute to immigrants’ identity, belonging, and well-being.

What is Leisure Without Becoming? Assemblages of Active and Reactive Leisure

In answering the question, “what is leisure without becoming?” this article revisits philosophical insights in Deleuze’s reading of Spinoza and Nietzsche. I investigate the relevance of these thinkers to Deleuze and Guattari’s collaboration to propose an understanding of leisure as not only becoming but also as negation of difference and possible repetition of the same in reactive leisure. Leisure as becoming is a vital realization of what a body can do that cannot entirely be conceived as a state of Being, a period of time, or necessarily an activity. Deleuze and Guattari’s theory of assemblage is used to understand becoming as a line of flight, a relational deterritorialization, that extends the capacities of a body.

Leisure education and active participation for persons with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

ABSTRACTLeisure education programs may provide opportunities for persons with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder to learn or re-acquire leisure-related knowledge, attitudes and skills. Yet, persons with these disorders tend to discontinue leisure programs. A case study research design was created to explore leisure experiences in a five week leisure education program for 10 persons with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. The program consisted of leisure education and recreation participation in the community. Three semi-structured audiotaped interviews were held over the course of the program to construct an in-depth picture of each participant’s leisure experiences in the community. Thematic data analysis suggested an understanding of leisure, developing relationships, community engagement, and autonomy support were key to participation. This study offers a unique qualitative perspective about community-based leisure experiences for people with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. It adds to the legacy of leisure research by addressing a gap in mental health service provision.

Locating leisure as the route to well-being: challenges of researching women’s leisure in Turkey

ABSTRACTThis article interrogates the relation of leisure to subjective well-being by focusing on the language-based challenges during empirical research, which deeply impact upon both the substance of the data collected and its interpretation, thereby the knowledge that is produced on leisure. Drawing upon the empirical data collected via qualitative methods, the article seizes on the relationship between women’s free-time, labour, leisure and subjective well-being. The findings of the research suggest that the translation of leisure as ‘free time activities’ in Turkish creates serious challenges in researching women’s leisure. Women in this research understand leisure in multiple ways, such as an escape from boredom, a sphere of recuperation, pleasure and self-fulfilment which altogether represent their understanding of leisure as a route to their subjective well-being. Building on these findings, the article aims to highlight the importance of ethnographically guided qualitative research in uncovering both the meanings of and the interdependence between leisure and subjective well-being in both Turkey, the focus of the study, and other comparable societies around the world.

Why Has the Critique of the Leisure Class Run out of Steam? Matters of Fact and Matters of Concern

The article analyzes the conceptual and historical prerequisites for the transition from the classical theory of leisure to modern leisure studies. Its central question is what “matters of fact” and “matters of concern” have had the greatest impact on the formation of the new research agenda. The first part of the article reconstructs Veblen’s conceptualization of the leisure class, which is associated with extensive free time, specific types of leisure, demonstrative consumption of the output from productive work, and the elevated socio-economic status that a particular group attains by following the conventions of a “prestigious” lifestyle. It is argued that the focus on stable, reproducible patterns of behavior in the upper class neglected the distinction between newer leisure practices, as well as the stratified diffusion of leisure time. The author describes three exogenous factors that have undercut the traditional understanding of leisure in the social sciences: the transformation of the temporal structure of work and leisure as a result of the broad penetration of digital technologies; the blurring of the boundaries between workspaces and recreational areas; and the transformation of the resources for economic interactions and of the system for conversion to various types of capital in the labor market. Changes in the basic criteria for a leisure lifestyle have exposed problems with Veblen’s intuitions and have led to the emergence of new disciplinary coalitions. In conclusion, the article deals with the problem of how to describe the modern leisure class. This is a question of whether the emergence of alternative leisure practices provides a sufficient basis for the identification of new leisure groups and of what would constitute a necessary condition for revamping the sociology of leisure.

Laisvalaikis ar laisvas laikas? Globos įstaigose gyvenančių vyresnio amžiaus asmenų patirtis

Dėl pasitraukimo iš darbinės veiklos padidėjęs laisvo laiko kiekis esant vyresnio amžiaus gali būti panaudojamas mėgstamai veiklai, tapti tobulėjimo, naujos patirties, ramybės, džiaugsmo ar net finansų šaltiniu. Kita vertus, laisvas, darbine veikla neužimtas laikas gali kelti ir sunkumų bei nemalonių jausmų, pavyzdžiui, lemti vyresnio amžiaus asmenų nuobodulį, beprasmybės ir neturėjimo, ką veikti, jausmus. Dalyvavimas asmeniškai prasmingoje laisvalaikio veikloje vienas iš efektyviausių būdų prisitaikyti prie esant vyresnio amžiaus vykstančių pokyčių ir pagrindinių sėkmingo senėjimo veiksnių.Kokybiniame tyrime dalyvavo 6 Vilniaus miesto socialinės globos įstaigose gyvenantys vyresnio amžiaus asmenys ir 3 jose dirbančios socialinės darbuotojos. Analizuojant duomenis buvo remiamasi socialinio konstruktyvizmo ir Giddens (2000) tapatumo teorijų idėjomis. Tyrimo duomenys atskleidė, kad vyresnio amžiaus asmenų laisvalaikio samprata ir jo patyrimas skiriasi pagal individualias galimybes dalyvauti asmeniškai prasmingoje laisvalaikio veikloje. Laisvalaikio veiklos tęstinumas padeda išsaugoti tapatumo tęstinumo jausmą, dėl to svarbu sudaryti vyresnio amžiaus asmenims galimybes globos įstaigoje tęsti veiklą, kuri buvo jų mėgstama brandos amžiuje.

Педагогіка вільного часу: cоціально-філософський аналіз

The author examines the concept of free time and such features as recreation, development of personality, fulfilling of needs, communication, transfer of experience. The attention is focused to the development of children and youth. In this connection the appearance and becoming of pedagogy of free time are investigated, in particular in Germany and Austria, and training for this area. It is an interesting reflection about sociocultural animation in France, Switzerland and some countries of Latin America. In the article the experience in implementation of «diversity concept» in the USA and Germany is studied. The findings of the research show that critical understanding of leisure needs its philosophical reflection and adequate perception in the context of modern pedagogy, which means empowering efficiency for children and the young, as well as personal development. It is worth considering the emergence and formation of leisure pedagogy and training experience for the sector, gained in various European countries, in order to analyze the problem. Moreover, the practice of leisure activities should be considered as well. The study stresses the fact that sociocultural animation is widely used for education. Certain attempts to recognize the pedagogy of free time as an independent pedagogical discipline have not found sufficient support yet. Thus, it is considered an integral part of social pedagogy.

The importance of leisure in older adults living in Spain

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the perceived importance of leisure among seniors living in Spain in 2014. A representative sample of 1239 people aged between 65 and 74 years completed a telephonically administered survey, the findings of which are discussed in this paper. Our analysis contrasts people who considered leisure as important or very important with those who considered it unimportant or of little importance. Much research has been conducted on the attitudes about leisure and their relationship with leisure benefits or well-being while none has directly tackled the question of the importance that individuals attach to leisure. This paper thus contributes to the understanding of leisure and ageing by concluding that there is a significant relationship between the importance assigned to leisure by people and their perceived leisure benefits and subjective and psychological well-being.

‘Cuteifying’ spaces and staging marine animals for Chinese middle-class consumption

ABSTRACTIn this paper, Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai is considered an aestheticised space for the growing Chinese middle class. Located within the booming and fast-urbanising Pearl River Delta, the theme park is a sizeable project consisting of rides, marine mammal enclosures and a well-equipped state-of-the-art circus. Utilising ethnography, including visitor interviews, and discourse analysis of websites, mobile apps and promotional materials, the theme park is found to deploy animal motifs in three key ways: as spectacular backdrops for amusement rides, as objects of biodiversity-based edutainment and as highly personified agents in visitor relations. Building on existing literature on decontextualised animal display – where emphasis on the provision of a natural habitat is replaced by simulated and actual proximity of animals to the visitors – I argue that the ‘out-of-situ’, cuteified and hyperreal stagings of Chimelong's animals have been shaped by two further China-specific processes. The first is the engagement with the theme park space as a sanitised and safe environment for a then one-child policy inspired child-centred visitation. The second refers to the retail-oriented consumerist experiences demonstrated by the new Chinese middle class. Both processes have brought about an aestheticising endeavour in line with the idealisation of other (Chinese) middle-class spaces, and have positioned Chinese theme parks as key nodes in our understanding of leisure and tourism spaces and of middle-class landscapes in contemporary China. Such an examination is made at a juncture where and when abuse of marine mammals is allegedly on the rise, and sheds light on the social processes shaping the popularity of such experiences in contemporary China.

Representations of the family in postwar British amateur film: family histories in the Lane and Scrutton collection at the East Anglian Film Archive

This article examines the construction of the postwar British family in amateur film with reference to the Sidney Lane and Cecil Scrutton collection held at the East Anglian Film Archive (EAFA), particularly the films covering 1948 – 1961. Heather Norris Nicholson argues that home movies contribute to ‘an understanding of leisure and visual-related practices of consumption as well as the social processes by which people came to give themselves, and others, identities’ in the mid-twentieth century (Nicholson, H. N. [2004]. At Home and Abroad with Cine Enthusiasts: Regional Amateur Filmmaking and Visualizing the Mediterranean, ca. 1928 – 1962’. Geojournal, 49, 323–333). By considering the social and historical contexts in which these home movies were produced, and using accompanying notes by one of the filmmaker’s sons, the leisure time films of Lane and Scrutton can be analysed in order to understand how the amateur cine hobby ideologically constructed family, community and national identity in postwar Britain. The images of Christmas parties, daytrips and holidays in these films reveal much about this particular family, and are therefore very illuminating to the social historian and film scholar of today.