Dissertations / Theses: 'Leisure time'

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Chavez, Joy. "Couple leisure time| Building bonds early in marriage through leisure." Thesis, Utah State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1586601.

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Participation in couple leisure is related to marital satisfaction as well as lower divorce rates; however, Americans seem to have less time available to participate in couple leisure and may have a harder time attaining role balance. There is currently limited research about how role balance may affect leisure as well as how couples manage to balance their leisure time with their other responsibilities, ensuring they have time to spend together in high interaction leisure. We also know very little about other possible benefits couples may experience as a result of participating in couple leisure and the factors that may either facilitate or constrain positive leisure. Using a qualitative approach to data collection and analysis, and informed by symbolic interaction theory, I interviewed nine couples in order to explore the phenomenon of newlywed couple leisure, and address these issues. Couples found significant benefits and meaning through participation in couple leisure activities. They also perceived that participation in leisure together increased satisfaction with their marriages. Many factors were found to constrain or facilitate a positive leisure experience, including time, money, and others. It was found that role balance plays a large part in finding time to participate in leisure as a couple. Being able to role balance helped couples to better enjoy the benefits and meaning couple leisure provided.

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Chavez, Joy Lynne. "Couple Leisure Time: Building Bonds Early in Marriage Through Leisure." DigitalCommons@USU, 2015. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4262.

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Participation in couple leisure is related to marital satisfaction as well as lower divorce rates; however, Americans seem to have less time available to participate in couple leisure and may have a harder time attaining role balance. There is currently limited research about how role balance may affect leisure as well as how couples manage to balance their leisure time with their other responsibilities, ensuring they have time to spend together in high interaction leisure. We also know very little about other possible benefits couples may experience as a result of participating in couple leisure and the factors that may either facilitate or constrain positive leisure. Using a qualitative approach to data collection and analysis, and informed by symbolic interaction theory, I interviewed nine couples in order to explore the phenomenon of newlywed couple leisure, and address these issues. Couples found significant benefits and meaning through participation in couple leisure activities. They also perceived that participation in leisure together increased satisfaction with their marriages. Many factors were found to constrain or facilitate a positive leisure experience, including time, money, and others. It was found that role balance plays a large part in finding time to participate in leisure as a couple. Being able to role balance helped couples to better enjoy the benefits and meaning couple leisure provided.

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Johnson, Heather Ann. "The Contribution of Couple Leisure Involvement, Leisure Time and Leisure Satisfaction to Marital Satisfaction." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd982.pdf.

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Hirschi, Rebecca. "Adolescents' Use of Discretionary Time: A Time Use Study of the Central Utah Area." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 1995. http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/MTGM,13991.

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Nguyen, Ai-Chinh, and Diman Salih. "Children’s perspective on leisure time centers." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-36120.

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Vi har genomfört en intervjustudie kring hur barn på två skolor beskriver fritidshem, fritidspedagoger och lärande på fritidshem. Vi menar att det är viktig att ta del av barnens egna synpunkter. Fokuseringen i vårt arbete ligger på barns perspektiv kring verksamheten. Vi har utgått från tre frågeställningar för att förstå vad barnen har att säga om sitt fritidshem.Hur beskriver barnen sin fritidshemsverksamhet? Hur beskriver barnen fritidspedagogernas yrkesroll? Hur beskriver barn vad de lär sig?I tidigare forskning har vi använt oss av studier som rör barns egna uttalanden kring deras fritidshem. Därtill har vi också beskrivit fritidshem och lärande utifrån styrdokumenten och vilka förväntningar som finns på fritidspedagogen. Med stöd av tidigare undersökningar har det visat sig att kompisar och lek är det mest centrala för barnen i fritidshem. Det stämmer väl överens med vår egen undersökning. Vi har valt att undersöka två skolor för att se om det finns några skillnader. Eftersom fritidshemmens verksamhet bedrivs på olika sätt så har barnens beskrivningar varierat. Barnen tycker om fritidshem för att det är fritt och att det finns mycket att göra där. Under sammanfattningen av resultat tolkar vi barnens svar. Därefter diskuterar och analyserar vi resultatet.

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Swinton, Alisha Tengelsen. "An Examination of Nonresident Fathers' Leisure Patterns, Leisure Constraints, Leisure Facilitators, and Satisfaction with Leisure Involvement during Parenting Time with their Children." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2006. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/497.

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The purpose of the study was to examine the leisure patterns of nonresident fathers while spending time with their child(ren), and to examine leisure constraints, leisure facilitators and nonresident fathers' satisfaction with family leisure activities. Four instruments were used to collect the data. Family leisure involvement was measured using the Family Leisure Activity Profile (FLAP), leisure constraints were measured using the Nonresident Father Leisure Constraint Scale (NFLCS), leisure facilitators were measured using the Nonresident Fathers' Leisure Facilitator Scale (NFLFS), and family leisure satisfaction was measured using the Family Leisure Satisfaction Scale (FLSS). The sample was nonresident fathers (n=129) from 36 states in the U.S. The data supported leisure constraints as a significant predictor of nonresident fathers' satisfaction with family leisure involvement, and their family leisure patterns. The data did not support, however, leisure facilitators as contributing to fathers' satisfaction with family leisure involvement or leisure patterns.

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Swinton, Alisha T. "An examination of nonresident fathers' leisure patterns, leisure constraints, leisure facilitators, and satisfaction with leisure involvement during parenting time with their children /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1465.pdf.

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Adams, Emilie. "Leisure Defined by Free Choice: Ugandan Women's Perceptions of Leisure." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4315.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the meaning of leisure among women in the developing East African nation of Uganda. In this study, I evaluated the leisure experiences of 38 Ugandan women of various backgrounds and socioeconomic statuses through semi-structured interviews. I analyzed the data using the constant comparative method. Themes for the meaning of leisure include fortifying leisure, enjoyment, and rest and relaxation. Results point to free choice as the core variable. Finally, I discuss the implications and suggestions for future research.

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Fawcett, Lillian M. "School's out adolescent 'leisure time' activities, influences and consequences /." Connect to thesis, 2007. http://portal.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2007.0040.html.

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Fredriksson, Ingela. "Leisure-time youth-center as health-promotion settings." Licentiate thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-51612.

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Leisure time is an important part of young people’s lives. Despite this, leisure-time settings have hitherto had only a minor role in setting-based health-promotion initiatives. Improving adolescents’ quality of leisuretime activities can reduce social differences in health, thus youth-centers can be appropriate settings for promoting health. However, young people with immigrant backgrounds participate less in organized leisure-time activities. The overall aim of this study is to explore young people’s leisure time as their health-promotion setting in two NGO-run youth-centers in multicultural, socially deprived suburbs in Sweden. This study took a practice-based approach using a mixture of methods in close collaboration with the youth-centers. Data collection was done through surveys with young people (n = 207) and interviews with young people and leaders (n = 16). Study I, about who participates in youthcenter activities, used an explanatory mixed method. Study II, about the youth-centers’ strategies, used an explorative qualitative method with an inductive content analysis. This study shows that youth-centers have great potential to be a healthpromotion setting if their strategies include some important factors, both in theory and in daily practice. To be a health-promotion setting, a youthcenter needs to be open and inclusive for its target group, foster supportive relationships, emphasize youth empowerment, and integrate family, school, and community in its strategies. Local knowledge about young people's backgrounds, needs, interests, and motivations to attend youth-center activities – as well as good contact with young people's families – is important because it can increase participation in leisure-time activities for young people in multicultural and socio- economically disadvantaged neighborhoods and can thus help to reduce social inequalities in health.

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Nguyen, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Margaret). "Wasting Time : a leisure infrastructure for mega-landfill." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38919.

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Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-93).
Landfills are consolidating into fewer, taller, and more massive singular objects in the exurban landscape.This thesis looks at one instance in Virginia, the first regional landfill in the state to accept trash from New York City.The landfill will become a starter for Green industrial sprawl, feeding energy back to New york and Richmond through its transformation of municipal solid waste into an energy farm. A singular path cuts into the mound, transgressing the border between the safe environment above and the active and toxic world entombed within the mound.The path alternately reveals this underworld and engages the senses in a series of physical acts: immersion in the bath house, smelling the flowers, ingesting food grown onsite.This transgressive path generates a confrontation between a series of diverse leisure experiences and an active technological landscape within a single gesture. As the ground subsides below the path, the building's position measures the process of decay below.
by Elizabeth M. Nguyen.
M.Arch.

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Junttila, H. (Hanna). "Personal economic success and leisure time physical activity." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201711293190.

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There is strong scientific evidence that high level of physical activity enhances human health and well-being as well as the economy of the society. It is very important to understand the underlying factors affecting the individuals’ exercise decisions to be able to design effective mechanisms, interventions and incentives to increase daily physical activity. This empirical study examines the relationship between personal economic success, i.e. self-reported annual income and assets, and leisure time physical activity by using modified physical activity index, mPAI, self-reported frequencies of participation in light and brisk exercise and self-reported time used for light and brisk exercise. The study population consists of Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort members aged of 45–46 years (N = 7071, 3267 men, 3804 women). Ordinary least squares models are used to evaluate the associations between personal economic success and leisure time physical activity. The results indicate that individuals with higher income and assets seem to have higher physical activity, and women with highest and men with 2nd highest quartile of assets seem to use more time in brisk physical activity than others, but after adjusting with potential confounding factors higher self-reported income associates with higher physical activity measured by modified physical activity index, mPAI, in men (p=0.04), higher self-reported assets associates negatively with time used in light physical activity in men (p=0.008) and positively with frequency of brisk physical activity (p=0.04) and time spent in brisk physical activity (p=0.048) in women. Although the results demonstrate an association between income, assets and some physical activity outcomes, in overall, the magnitude of personal economic success in predicting physical activity is relatively modest (R2 = 0.004–0.15). Personal economic factors seem to have an important role in physical activity decisions. According to this study the impact of income and assets to physical activity seems to be gender specific. These underlying personal economic factors affecting the individuals’ exercise decisions need to be noted in aiming to design effective mechanisms and interventions for health promotion by increasing daily physical activity.

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Falih, Fatma, and Anca Damian. "Entreprenörskap i fritidshemmet - Entrepreneurship in leisure time center." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-28728.

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AbstractTitel: Entreprenörskap i fritidshem.Författare: Damian, Anca & Falih, Fatma (2014). Syftet med vår studie var att öka förståelsen för ett diffust begrepp som entreprenörskap i fritidshemmet. Detta gjorde vi genom att undersöka fritidspedagogers tolkningar av vad entreprenörskap innebär för deras arbete och för elevers lärande och utveckling i fritidshemmet. Vårt arbete utgår från tre frågeställningar: Hur tolkar fritidspedagoger uppdraget kring entreprenörskap i fritidshemmet som införts i Läroplanen 2011? Hur talar fritidspedagoger om att de implementerar entreprenörskap i fritidshemmets verksamhet för att lyckas med detta uppdrag? Vilka fördelar respektive nackdelar ser fritidspedagoger med detta arbetssätt? För att besvara dessa frågor har vi valt att utföra kvalitativa intervjuer som metod för vår undersökning. Vår undersökningsgrupp omfattas av 11 verksamma fritidspedagoger i fem olika fritidshem i Malmö stad. Undersökningsresultatet visar att begreppet entreprenörskap enbart är ett nytt begrepp som formulerats i samband med Läroplanen, Lgr 11 och att det inte är ett nytt fenomen i fritidspedagogernas uppdrag. Samtidigt associeras begreppet framförallt med företagsamhet men ändrar betydelse i utbildningssyfte. Med andra ord är begreppet tolkat av de flesta fritidspedagogerna som ett förhållningssätt som bidrar till att de arbetar problembaserat för att öka barns delaktighet och inflytande. Ansvar och kreativitet har lyfts upp som centrala begrepp för det entreprenöriella lärandet som förväntas kunna öka barns framtida möjligheter till självförsörjning och självständighet. Slutligen har en del fritidspedagoger ställt sig kritiska gentemot vinstdrivande aktiviteter, samtidigt som en del ansett att vinstdrivande aktiviteter som görs i gott syfte kan vara givande för barns fortsatta kreativitet och nyfikenhet.Nyckelord: Entreprenörskap, fritidshem, lärande.

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Fawcett, Lillian M. "School's out: Adolescent 'leisure time' activities, influences and consequences." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2007. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/31.

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The current study investigated the out-of-school activities in which adolescents participate categorised in terms of structure, type (creative, physical, passive) and level of interaction (individual, group), the developmental, psychological and social consequences of such involvement, and the factors influencing participation. Questionnaires completed by 1280, 12 to 17 year old Western Australian metropolitan, high-school students provided information on adolescents' out-of-school time use, their perceptions of parental values and behaviours, friends' behaviours and relationships and their own behaviours and beliefs. A model, based on the research literature, indicated that parent support and intrinsic motivation were the two factors contributing most to adolescent participation in structured `leisure' activities. There was some support for the hypothesis that involvement in structured `leisure' activities would be associated with higher levels of self-worth and life satisfaction, less boredom and less frequent engagement in risk behaviours. However, it was found that parent strictness and connectedness (as perceived by the adolescents) were the largest contributors to these outcomes. The findings provided support for the `positive psychology movement' and suggest that the majority of this group of adolescents are living effectively in the demanding and changing environment of today's society.

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Inchley, Joanna Catherine. "Determinants of leisure-time physical activity among early adolescents." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/24734.

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A physically active lifestyle is now recognised as an essential component of healthy living. As well as longer term health gains, physical activity during childhood promotes optimal growth and development, helps prevent overweight and obesity, protects against risk factors for cardiovascular disease and enhances psychological wellbeing. However, evidence suggests that many young people are not sufficiently active to benefit their health. In order to inform the development of effective interventions, there is a need to understand the factors which influence physical activity participation among young people in Scotland. The aim of this study was to investigate modifiable determinants of physical activity among early adolescents during the period of transition from primary to secondary school. Drawing on a multidisciplinary perspective, within a socio-ecological framework, the relative influence of psychological, social and environmental factors was examined. Data were collected longitudinally as part of the Physical Activity in Scottish Schoolchildren (PASS) study. In total, 1099 children who completed a questionnaire in both Primary 7 (age 11 years) and Secondary 2 (age 13 years) were included. The results show that boys were significantly more active, reported more favourable psychological profiles and had greater support from fathers and peers for being active, than girls. A range of psychological, social and environmental variables were significantly associated with physical activity, of which psychological factors accounted for the greatest proportion of variance in behaviour. Intention to be active was the most consistent predictor of physical activity across age and gender groups. Combined psycho-social-environmental models explained around two-fifths of the variance in physical activity among boys and around a third of the variance among girls. Physical activity participation in P7 was predictive of participation in S2, indicating that early involvement increases the likelihood that young people will continue to be active as they get older. The results support the need for integrated, multifaceted approaches to physical activity promotion among the early adolescent population in Scotland, addressing influences at the individual and supra-individual level. Age and gender were moderators of physical activity behaviour, demonstrating the importance of understanding gender-specific determinants within a developmental context.

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Janulytė, Simona. "Šeimų, auginančių jaunesniojo mokyklinio amžiaus vaikus, laisvalaikio turinys: tėvų ir vaikų požiūris." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20120702_103214-85622.

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Tyrimo objektas – jaunesniojo mokyklinio amžiaus vaikų ir jų tėvų požiūris į laisvalaikį ir jo turinį šeimoje. Tyrimo tikslas – atskleisti jaunesniojo mokyklinio amžiaus vaikų ir jų tėvų laisvalaikio turinį bei požiūrį į laisvalaikį šeimoje.Tyrimo metodika: siekiant atskleisti vaikų ir tėvų požiūrį į laisvalaikį šeimoje bei laisvalaikio turinį, buvo atlikta tėvų (globėjų) ir vaikų anketinė apklausa.
In an era of rapid scientific, technical progress, economic and cultural changes, the meaning of children‘s leisure time activities becomes very important to their education and socialization. During leisure time activities children undergo various situations during which they gain social experience, accumulate real-life experience, foster the culture of communication, and expand their knowledge. The subject – young school-children and their parent’s point of view on leisure and its contents.

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Seeger, Karl-Mikael. "Fritidspedagogens möte med ett museum : Fritidspedagogens uppdrag och det pedagogiska arbetet under ett studiebesök." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-13869.

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Essay means attempt, and is a paper written based on self-experienced dilemmas, which the writer then returns to, reflect upon and discusses on the basis of literature and accepted theories. In this essay, I reflect upon my own professional role as a leisure-time pedagogue. The leisure-time pedagogue must provide activities that in different ways relate to the curriculum 2011. I have therefore a responsibility to influence the students' desire for knowledge. Focus of learning is different from the one in school, with an emphasis on informal learning. The dilemma is that I am unable to do any pedagogical work at the museum because of many conflicts. And that there is an ambivalence of what is expected of my work. By writing this essay, I want to explore and reflect upon leisure-time pedagogue´s meeting with a museum. I also reflect how to obtain an educational meeting, despite poorly developed awareness among teachers, other professionals, parents, and museums. There are many ways to implement work with the curriculum with a visit to the museum, and that would make the leisure-time pedagogue more of support for the whole visit. It would facilitate if the museums themselves hade a material adapted for leisure-time centre. With an emphasis on informal learning and for example aesthetic learning processes.

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Rollo, Sara K. "Integrating Health Education and Leisure Time into Economic Growth Modeling." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1251060247.

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Sperry, Mary Dawn. "The Effect of Leisure-Based Screen Time on Physical Activity." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd974.pdf.

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Mowad, Laura Marie. "Evaluation of a high school leisure time physical activity curriculum." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1196185969.

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Nilsson, Robin. "Gambling behaviour and leisure-time activities among adolescents in Sweden." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-182566.

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Aim: This study examined associations between leisure-time activities and gambling participation respectively problem gambling among adolescents in Sweden. Furthermore, the study examined sex differences and the degree of possibly confounding factors. Methods: The data was obtained from European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs, 2019 (n=1,911). Chi2-tests and logistic/multiple logistic regressions were used to analyze the data. Results: Unstructured leisure-time activity was robustly positively associated with gambling participation, structured leisure-time activity was weakly negatively associated with gambling participation among students. Unstructured leisure-time activity was moderately positively associated with problem gambling, structured leisure-time activity was weakly negatively associated with problem gambling among students. Unstructured leisure-time activity was strongly positively associated with gambling participation, structured leisure-time activity was strongly negatively associated with gambling participation for boys. Unstructured leisure-time activity was weakly positively associated with gambling participation for girls. Parental monitoring, school adjustments and externalizing behaviour problems affected the association between unstructured leisure-time activity for students respectively boys. Conclusion: Associations were found of varying extent between leisure-time activities and gambling participation respectively problem gambling. More and stronger associations were found for boys than girls and possibly confounding factors affected the association between unstructured leisure-time activity and problem gambling to some degree.

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Harris, Tamiera S. "Leisure Time Physical Activities of Older Adults in Senior Housing." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5199.

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Increasing physical activity levels of older adults is a public health priority given the associated risks with sedentary lifestyles. Exercise such as walking may positively affect older adults as they age decreasing the risk of heart disease, stroke, or death. The purpose of this study was to examine physical activities of older adults in senior housing and to determine if age correlates with the amount of physical activity. Physical activity studies on older adults are limited due to time and resources. The health belief model and transtheoretical model frames this study theorizing that older adults will take positive steps towards achieving recommended physical activities based on their perceived threats and benefits. A correlational research design provided systematic information about physical activities of older adults in senior housing and aided in determining if age relates to the amount of physical activity. The study used a convenience sampling of 62 older adults in senior housing and data collected from the Community Health Activities Model Program for Seniors questionnaire. The make-up of the sample included 36 females and 26 males aged 65 to 84 years old. The age of older adults in a senior housing community is not related to the amount of physical activity completed per week. The results of the descriptive analyses show that 53% of older adults in senior housing are not meeting physical activity guidelines of at least 150 minutes of physical activity per week. However, this is not statistically significant since all p-values for physical activity are greater than .05% level of significance at .776. Additional services such as providing leisure activity support to older adults through peer monitoring or adequate recreational facilities in the community can aid in helping older adults achieve physical activity recommendations.

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Wilson, Lee S. "Understanding university students' time use : a mixed-methods study of their leisure lives." Thesis, University of Chester, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/620386.

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This thesis explores patterns of time use among university students to further understand their leisure time as an aspect of their day-to day lives, especially with regard to their time spent drinking alcohol. Attending university can be viewed as a key aspect in the prolongation of the youth life-stage for some young people, and a key influence on how they develop their own identities and spend their leisure time. In this regard, research suggests that far from being a homogeneous group, there can be a marked difference between sub-groups of students. Residence, for example, has been shown to be a particularly significant factor influencing how students report their university experience. Furthermore, a number of studies report that rather than being fixed, young people’s leisure lives, including their time spent drinking, tend to be dynamic, context-dependent and develop in some significant ways during their university careers. However, studies that have focused on university students have tended to study aspects of their leisure in isolation. This study aimed to address this limitation by studying students’ lives ‘in the round’ in order to more adequately understand the contextual complexity of their lives and how this might shape patterns of time use on leisure in general and drinking alcohol in particular.

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Nägel, Inga Johanna [Verfasser]. "Stress at Work and Exercise during Leisure Time / Inga Johanna Nägel." Konstanz : Bibliothek der Universität Konstanz, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1080242619/34.

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Eichholz, Anne. "’Leisure time of German business travelers in Örnsköldsvik during business trips?’." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Kulturgeografi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-149755.

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Layland, Eric K. "European Emerging Adults in the Context of Free Time and Leisure." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2013. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3701.

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Research on emerging adulthood has increased over the past decade, including further investigation of the five features of emerging adulthood: (a) exploring identity, (b) instability, (c) focus on self, (d) feeling in-between, and (e) possibilities (Arnett, 2004). Despite an increased focus on this age period (i.e., 18 -- 29 year olds), research has not addressed the context of free time and leisure. Trends among European emerging adults include increased delay of marriage, decreased childbirth, and general postponement of adult markers. Both the high cultural valuation of leisure and the apparent change in patterns of external markers (i.e., sustained low fertility rates, delayed age of first marriage, declining national populations) in Europe, made Europe a prime setting for studying the leisure of emerging adults. This case study reviews the features of emerging adulthood in a leisure context across European cultures. Using data collected in interviews, the content analysis illustrates the prominence of identity exploration in emerging adults of Europe compared to the four other features of emerging adulthood in a leisure context. Further cultural discourse analysis highlights leisure as a resource for accessing opportunity and a space for freely making choices. The discourse analysis also includes the reconstruction of the cultural schema regarding leisure and each of the five features of emerging adulthood.

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Finn, Jr Paul. "An Evaluation of the Effects of a Leisure Education Curriculum on Deliquents' Motivation, Knowledge, and Behavior Changes Related to Boredom." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2006. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2510.

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Adolescents today have more unsupervised and unstructured free time than ever before. Poor decisions by youth during periods of free time may lead to substance abuse, teen pregnancy and juvenile delinquency. The highest frequency of juvenile crime, a major social problem, occurs during the 2-4 hours following the end of the school day. Research has demonstrated the benefits of engaging adolecents in prosocial leisure activity. However, no research has studied the issues of free time and leisure education with a delinquent population. This paper documents the impact of a leisure education curriculum on a population of delinquent youth in a randomized experiment. The delinquent youths who received the leisure education reported higher intrinsic motivation and better use of free time. The delinquent youths also reported improved decision making related to their involvement in healthy, prosocial free time activities. Finally, the improvement in the delinquent youths' motivation influenced a significant decrease in the delinquent youths' proneness to boredom during their free time.
Ph.D.
Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
Health and Public Affairs
Public Affairs: Ph.D.

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Passias, Emily Jean. "It’s About Time: Understanding Gendered Behavior Among Single and Married Parents Through Housework, Childcare, and Leisure Time." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1373307524.

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Cheng, Shu-Lin Groff Diane Gail. "Relationship between demographics, internet experience, leisure-time internet usage, and social capital." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,468.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.
Title from electronic title page (viewed Oct. 10, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Recreation Administration in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science." Discipline: Recreation Administration; Department/School: Exercise and Sport Science.

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Wilson, Alexandra Harris. "The role of relational efficacy beliefs on adolescent's leisure time physical activity." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43698.

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Parents are critical social determinants of the health-related behaviours of adolescents. The foundation that parents provide for a healthy lifestyle is particularly important as those lifestyle choices (e.g., physical activity) become under self-regulatory control during adolescence. The overall purpose of this study was to apply the tripartite model of relational efficacy (Lent & Lopez, 2002) to better understand the extent to which adolescents’ (aged 11-13) perceptions of the family environment predict adolescent leisure time physical activity. Specifically, this study examined how adolescents’ confidence in their parents’ (other-efficacy), adolescents estimation of their parents’ confidence in them (relation-inferred self-efficacy), and adolescents outcome expectations associated with physical activity involvement predict their subsequent involvement in physical activity during their leisure time. Four hundred and two grade 7 students from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia completed a questionnaire at two time points (April and June 2012) to assess the above variables. It was hypothesized that there would be a positive relationship between adolescents’ relational efficacy beliefs towards their parents with leisure time physical activity among adolescents. Structural equation modeling was used to examine model fit to test the different study hypotheses. Results revealed a just identified model that demonstrated that adolescents’ confidence in their fathers’ ability to help them be active was predictive of leisure time physical activity. The results from this research provide greater insights into the predictive effects of parents in relation to young adolescents at a time when physical activity becomes increasingly under voluntary control.

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Shohreh, Gharanfoli. "Play at Leisure-time centres - A study of educators' views on play." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-31598.

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Fredrik Ole Lillemyr (2002) hävdar att leken har en rad olika funktioner för barn, exempelvis att den är en förberedelse inför vuxenlivet där de bland annat lär sig att hantera sociala situationer samt hur emotionella situationer kan hanteras. Under leken tränar och övar barn bland annat på sin sociala kompetens och kommunikativa förmåga (Lillemyr 2002). Begreppet lek kan förklaras genom otaliga teorier, bland annat att lek enbart är en handling eller att lek är ett verktyg för lärande. Leken kan vara styrd eller fri och upplevs olika beroende på vem som medverkar i den (Pramling Samuelsson 2007; Knutsdotter 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2009; Øksnes 2011). Examensarbetets syfte är att undersöka fritidspedagogers syn på lek samt att lyfta fram vad leken kan anses ha för funktion inom fritidshemmets ramar. I min studie valde jag att använda mig av kvalitativa intervjuer där tolv pedagoger på ett fritidshem i Skåne medverkade. Resultatet visar att de intervjuade pedagogerna har en positiv syn på lek i fritidshemmet samt att pedagogerna anser att leken påverkar barnen positivt i relation till deras utveckling och lärande. Pedagogerna anser att leken har en viktig roll för barns lärande.

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Shebilske, Laura Jo. "Affective quality, leisure time, and marital satisfaction : a 13-year longitudinal study /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Brinker, Jeffrey Scott. "Academic incentives impact on increasing seventh -graders physical activity during leisure time." ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/647.

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Recent research clearly demonstrates that a decrease of physical activity has occurred among young people. Hence, the purpose of this study was to examine the impact of external motivation on physical activity. Drawn from self-determination theory, the specific research question examined if academic incentives effectively motivated 7th grade students to participate in a 3-week fitness program. A quasi-experimental pre-post design examined treatment and control groups drawn from a sample of 24 students from three physical education classes. The treatment group received academic incentives whereas the control group received no external incentives but were asked to complete the same fitness Program. Independent-sample t-test of the physical activity section of the 2005 Youth Risk Behavior System Survey (YRBS) revealed no group differences on the posttest. Dependent-sample tests indicated little pretest-posttest change in YRBS scores, leading to the conclusion the academic incentive had no major effect on students' motivation to be physically active outside the school environment. This research contributes to positive social change by provided additional insight into what motivates or does not motivate 7th graders to be physically active.

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Chatzisarantis, Nikolaos. "A self determination theory approach to the study of physical activity intentions." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324531.

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Parker, Andrew. "Chasing the "Big-Time" : football apprenticeship in the 1990s." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1996. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/36183/.

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This qualitative study of Youth Training (YT) is centred specifically around the experiences of trainee professional footballers. Presenting a case-study analysis of one professional English Football League club, it utilizes those methods of sociological enquiry traditionally associated with ethnography (i.e. participant observation, unstructured interviews, and documentary analysis) in order to explore the day-to-day lives of the individuals concerned. The study depicts the way in which YT recruits are socialized into professional football club culture and how their career expectations and aspirations are subsequently shaped by the detailed complexities of institutional experience. In turn, it looks at how trainees learn to adapt to their chosen occupational position, and uncovers their attitudes towards such diverse topics as educational attendance, inter-personal relations and masculine construction. Set against the historical development of football apprenticeship within England, the work examines the impact of new vocational policy upon the football industry as a whole and portrays the role of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) - and its subsidiary body The Footballers' Further Education and Vocational Training Society (FFE & VTS) - in relation to the implementation of YT provision. To this end, it attempts to determine the extent to which modern-day forms of football traineeship differ from those methods of indenture employed in previous years. At the same time, the study provides insight into the personal and social lives of the trainees in question. Notably issues of class, sexuality and gender are raised in terms of individual experience and interpretation. Furthermore, the influence of club officials is also considered in relation to the pressures, pitfalls and constraints of trainee development.

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Porter, Heather R. "Developing a Leisure Meanings Gained & Outcomes Scale (LMGOS) and Exploring Associations of Leisure Meanings to Leisure Time Physical Activity (LTPA) Adherence among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D)." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2009. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/44529.

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It is estimated that 61% of people with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) don't engage in any form of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) (Morrato, Hill, Wyatt, Ghushchyan, & Sullivan, 2007). One of the primary interventions to manage T2D is regular engagement in Leisure Time Physical Activity (LTPA) (Sigal, Kenny, Wasserman, Castaneda-Sceppa, & White, 2006). Many studies have tried to increase the frequency of LTPA in this population with little success (e.g., Williams, Bezner, Chesbro, & Leavitt, 2005). A new innovative approach to increasing engagement in LTPA is needed. Feelings of enjoyment have been found to correlate with adherence to LTPA (e.g., Williams, Papandonatos, Napolitano, Lewis, Whiteley, & Marcus, 2006) and theorized to be an outcome of experiencing something that is personally meaningful (Snyder & Lopez, 2002). It has also been found that "participation in leisure...continues when the experiences and/or the activity are meaningful to the individual" (Ragheb, 1996, p. 247). Thus, exploration of personal meanings that are valued and experienced within LTPA may be a key approach to effectively increasing LTPA. A content-analysis of the literature yielded the identification of five leisure meanings and three outcomes that are derived within and/or from leisure activity engagement. A new scale, the Leisure Meanings Gained and Outcomes Scale (LMGOS), was developed to reflect the findings. It was confirmed by an expert panel for face and content validity and then administered to Temple University students (n = 163). Exploratory factor analyses provided evidence for construct validity and reliability and led to further refinement. The refined LMGOS was given to adults with T2D (n = 26). The results showed significant correlations between specific leisure meanings gained and LTPA engagement, as well as between outcomes of meanings gained and LTPA engagement. The implications of the study include demonstrating: (a) the utility of a theoretically and psychometrically sound measure of the meanings gained and its outcomes via leisure (i.e., LMGOS), (b) the need for acknowledging meaning-oriented experiential and emotional properties of LTPA from a more holistic and humanistic perspective, and (c) the importance of meaning-seeking or meaning-making through leisure as a key facilitator to active living and health promotion for people including individuals with T2D.
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Patsouras, Christian. "Samverkan mellan fritidshem och skola i arbetet med elever i behov av särskilt stöd." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-43585.

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In this scientific essay, as a leisure-time teacher and a resource teacher, I will explore a dilemma that involves students with adolescent neuropsychiatry and that needs support. The dilemma will be analyzed from my own reflections, theories and scientific studies that arerelevant. The central part of the essay is regarding special education, with the scientific studies, that is crucial to work with students with adolescent neuropsychiatry. The school's curriculum that controls the classroom and special education for students with adolescent neuropsychiatry also has its part in the essay. The interplay between the teacher and the resource teacher is built on cooperation and is alsoa part of this essay. The cooperation is described and the possibilities and conditions for it. Consequences when obstacles for cooperation occur. When there is a lack of cooperation animbalance of power could occur and contributes to the hierarchy that occurs in school. To enable and contribute to a good cooperation between the leisure-time teacher and the teacherthe school management plays a big part in to define the job description for the leisure-timeteacher in the classroom and with working with students with adolescent neuropsychiatry. The curriculum involving leisure-time teachers should also be defined to understand the expectations and the job description. The role as a leisure-time teacher and a resources teacher is complex. The role is limited due to lack of competence to work with students with adolescent neuropsychiatry. This combined with the lack of a clear job description contributes to the lack of conditions for an cooperation that is optimal. Furthermore this contributes to different status and an imbalance in power thatis present in schools.
I den vetenskapliga essän som följer utforskar jag som fritidslärare och resurslärare ettdilemma som belyser elever med funktionsvariationer och som är i behov av särskilt stöd. Dilemmat kommer att analyseras utifrån egna reflektioner och teorier samt forskningsstudiersom är relevanta. De centrala delarna av essän omfattas dels av specialpedagogiken med tillhörande forskning som ligger till grund för att arbeta med barn i behov av särskilt stöd. Tilldetta hör även de styrdokument som utgör de ramverk och som styr undervisningen i klassrummet och hanteringen av de barn med särskilda behov. Samspelet mellan klassläraren och resursläraren bygger på en samverkan och är en annancentral del i essän. Som en del av denna samverkan beskrivs de möjligheter och förutsättningar för denna samverkan men också de konsekvenser när hinder i samverkan uppstår. Som en del i när det finns brister i samverkan kan en maktobalans uppstå mellan parterna som i sin tur bidrar till en maktobalans och bidrar till den hierarki som förekommer inom skolan. För att möjliggöra och bidra till en god samverkan mellan fritisläraren och klassläraren har skolledningen en viktig roll i att tydliggöra rollen fritidsläraren har som resurslärare i klassrummet i arbetet med elever i behov av särskilt stöd. Därutöver bör detdefinieras mer tydligt i styrdokumenten för de förväntningar och de arbetsuppgifter somrollen innefattar. Rollen som fritidslärare och resurslärare är minst sagt komplex och den både begränsas av attdet förekommande saknas tillräcklig kompetens för att arbeta med barn i behov av särskiltstöd. Detta i kombination med att rollen saknar en tydlig definiering bidrar till brister i deförutsättningar som finns för en optimal samverkan. Detta bidrar i sin tur till att det uppstår statusskillnader och vidare en maktobalans som föreligger den hierarki som förekommer inom skolans värld.

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Fayez, Ninwa, and Dikizeko Abel André. "Konflikthantering på fritidshem : En kvalitativ studie om konflikter, konflikthantering och förebyggande arbete kring konflikter på fritidshemmet." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-38149.

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The purpose of this study is to gain an insight into what the most common conflicts are between pupils in the leisure-time center according to leisure-time teachers, how the leisuretime teachers handle these and how the leisure-time teachers prevent conflicts. The previous research done in our study is based on previous thesis and research on conflicts and conflict management. The theoretical perspectives of the study are based on Johan Galtung's ABC model, Cohen's conflict pyramid and Arne Maltén's conflict strategies. The empirical evidence was collected through a qualitative method with interviews of four leisure time educators and an assistant principal. In addition, two observations were made on two different occasions in a school located in the Stockholm area. We analyzed our empirical evidence with help of Andrzej Szklarski's four categories for various reasons for the emergence of conflicts, Johan Galtung's ABC model, Cohen's conflict pyramid and Arne Maltén's conflict strategies. In our study we have found that the reason why conflicts arise between pupils can, for example, be due to a lack of occupation among pupils, envy in friends' relationships but also in disagreement on game and play rules. Another reason may be verbal comments where students disturb the play of other students but also conflicts that occur through social media where the students take the conflicts from home when they come to school. Based on interviews and observation we have seen that the leisure-time teachers usually handle conflicts by letting the ones involved in the conflict tell their experience of the conflict situation without being interrupted to then resolve the conflict together. It also emerged in our empirical evidence report that in conflict situations where the parties do not find a solution to a conflict it is possible that the leisure-time teachers may make a decision, especially if the conflicts have been going on for a long time between the parties. Good leadership and competent, present and educated staff are of great importance in order to prevent conflicts in the leisure-time center.

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Matecun, Tammy A. "Assessing the meaningful social behaviors of girls in a structured leisure time activity." Thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3618867.

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The purpose of this study was to identify those skills that help demonstrate social competency in a structured leisure time activity. By using a contextual assessment approach to identify social behaviors that are valued by multiple stakeholders in Girls Scout troops, it may be possible to develop social skills interventions for children involved in Scouting who are experiencing social difficulties in that setting.

Data were collected from Scouts, troop leaders, and parents in three Brownie and Junior Scouts troops for a total of 15 Scouts, 3 leaders and 2 or 3 parent participants from each Scouting level. Grounded theory was used to analyze the data and develop a template of meaningful social behaviors for girls participating in Scouting. To ensure the fidelity of the conclusions drawn from the data, a member check, peer reviews, and triangulation were completed.

Two social behaviors, helps others and respects others, were agreed upon by participants across both age levels and participant categories in Scouting and would have high social validity as targets for interventions in the groups studied. Eight additional behaviors were agreed upon by the majority of participant categories and groups, and would also be expected to have high social validity as they were indicated by the majority of stakeholders. Future research is needed that not only identifies social behaviors with high social validity using a contextual assessment approach, but also expands on the research by conducting and monitoring the results of social skills interventions using the behaviors identified through the contextual assessment.

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Matecun, Tammy A. "Assessing the Meaningful Social Behaviors of Girls in a Structured Leisure Time Activity." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1364910521.

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Ngozwana, Baselwa. "Leisure time and holiday aspirations of black upper middle class in East London." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/6380.

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This study examined the holiday and leisure aspirations of the new upper black middle class in East London using qualitative approach. The study investigated aspirations of the black middle class on international travels through the lens of Veblen’s (2002) conspicuous consumption theory which entails that black middle class citizens spend in order to assert their status and belongingness to the middle class. The aim of the study was to understand their holiday and leisure aspirations, what the idea is behind or what motivates their international travels, their travel experiences and class affirmations. This exploration included the challenges and frustrations such as Ebola scare, racism, issues with foreign exchange and variations from these international visits. Data was collected through interviews with upper black middle class who are based in the Buffalo City Metro Municipality in East London, Eastern Cape. Findings from this study revealed that consumption patterns of the emerging black middle class to diverge substantially from the other groups, in terms of greater signalling of social status via visible consumption and preoccupation with reducing an historical asset deficit. Various themes emerged as meanings attached to international travelling and leisure by those black middle class international travellers. These are sense of wealth, status, religion, self-esteem, sense of reward, bonding with friends and conspicuous/visible consumption.

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Lönnaeus, Jens. "Lärmiljö, frizon eller sysselsättningsarena? : En kritisk analys av fritidshemmet i en era av new public management." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för lärande och miljö, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-13782.

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In 2014, the Swedish leisure-time centres after school became widely criticized on several occasions by school authorities. The cause for its criticism was a reflection of leisure time-centres with lots of untrained staff and a lack of pedagogical aspirations. The conclusion of the criticism was that these leisure-time centres do not fulfil their potential. However, these assessments has only to a limited extent become a part of the public educational discourse in Sweden. This discourse has mainly focused on the decreasing results in the Swedish school, which has caught the attention in the media and ended up on the political agenda. The flaws in the leisure-time centres have been far more overlooked and its function has been unclear. This study explores representations of the leisure-time centres and its missions and aims. It also examines how after-school teachers and their skills, duties and attributes are represented. This has been done by studying descriptions of the leisure-time centres in three different municipalities and 154 recruitment ads for after-school teachers. The results of these data collections shows a dominant cooperative discourse, where many of the leisure-time centres and the after-school teachers most important tasks and assignments is more to be found in school activities rather than at the leisure-time centres. The conclusion of the study is that the leisure-time centres have lost its value-based core and instead its function has been integrated as a resource center in school to make sure that the aims for school is to be achieved. That has transformed the after-school teacher into a flexible employee, which constantly has to be prepared for and have a positive approach to new circumstances.

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Wu, Heng-Chieh. "Relations among leisure as time, activity, and experience in after-school programs individual and programmatic factors /." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies, 2008.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 2, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-120). Also issued in print.

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Ortiz, Maximiliano. "Fritidshemmets pedagoger i utvecklingssamtalet : En fenomenografisk studie av pedagogers uppfattningar av meningsfullt deltagande." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-30000.

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Denna kvalitativa studie undersöker, utifrån ett fenomenografiskt perspektiv, fritidshemspedagogers uppfattningar av utvecklingssamtal. Studien undersöker de variationer som finns bland pedagogernas uppfattningar av meningsfullheten de tillskriver sitt deltagande. Verksamma pedagoger på fritidshem i Storstockholm intervjuades och det insamlade materialet kategoriserades och analyserades enligt den fenomenografiska analysmetoden. Resultatet visade att pedagogerna såg sitt deltagande i utvecklingssamtalet som meningsfullt framförallt för att få ge sin bild av elevers sociala utveckling. Detta beskrevs genomgående som fritidshemmets viktigaste uppdrag. Variationer framkom vid flertalet kategorier. Samverkan och samarbetet, eller frånvaro därav, med klassläraren i anslutning till utvecklingssamtalet lyftes även fram som viktigt för upplevelsen av meningsfullhet. I studien framträdde tydligt betydelsen av professionell legitimitet. Fenomenet utvecklingssamtal sågs i sin helhet som något viktigt och en arena där fritidshemspedagoger kan belysa vikten av sitt uppdrag och tilldelas en tydlig och betydelsefull roll i skolans organisation.
The aim of this qualitative study is to examine, from a phenomeographic perspective, the perception of leisure-time centre pedagogues in regards to participation in the parent-teacher appraisal meeting. The study examines variations among this perception based on the sense of purpose expressed by the pedagogues. Pedagogues working in the Stockholm region were interviewed, the data later categorized and analyzed in accordance with the methods of phenomenography. Results showed that the pedagogues viewed their participation as important primarily for the chance to present their appraisal of pupils´ social development. This was described in unison as the most important task of the leisure-time centre for school-children. Variations appeared in multiple descriptive categories. Collaboration, or the lack thereof, with the classroom-teacher at the time of the appraisal meeting was also seen as an important factor to render purpose. The study clearly showed the importance of professional legitimacy. The phenomenon parent-teacher appraisal meeting as a whole was seen as an important field for leisure-time pedagogues to present the importance of their work, one in which they can possess a clear and purposeful role in school organization.

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Jonsson, Ida. "Leka och lära på lika vilkor? : En studie kring fritishemmets arbete om barn med koncentrationssvårigheter." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-25996.

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The purpose has been to investigate leisure-time centers actual work on children with attention deficit disorder. In addition, the study strives to make leisure-time centers way of working, in relation to their assignments, visible. The study has also compared how the leisure-time centers work and what the research says. The survey was conducted with the help of three exploratory interviews with pedagogues and three-piece observations at the leisure-time centers. It was carried out at three different schools in two counties in Sweden.The results of the survey show that the schools are trying to create clear procedures, though the centers succeed with this in varied degrees. Likewise, pedagogues at the centers have the theoretical knowledge of how they can help children with difficulties, but the working methods that is designed to work for all children is diverse. Practical things to consider in work concerning children with attention difficulties is to always have well-planned activities and it is important to have a good approach to these children.
Syftet har varit att undersöka fritidshemmets faktiska arbete kring barn med koncentrationssvårigheter. Dessutom har syftet varit att synliggöra fritidshemmets arbete i relation till deras uppdrag, samt studera hur fritidshemmet arbetar kring dessa barn i jämförelse med vad forskningen rekommenderar. Undersökningen har genomförts med hjälp av tre stycken explorativa intervjuer med fritidspedagoger, och tre stycken observationer på fritidshem på tre olika skolor fördelat på två län.Resultatet av undersökningen visar att skolorna försöker skapa tydliga rutiner, men att de lyckas i varierad grad. Likaså har pedagogerna teoretiska kunskaper i hur de kan underlätta för elever med koncentrationssvårigheter, men att fritidshemmens arbetsmetoder som är utarbetade för att fungera för alla barn på fritidshemmet är varierande. Praktiska saker att tänka på i arbetet kring barn med koncentrationssvårigheter är att alltid ha en välplanerad verksamhet, samt att det är viktigt med ett bra förhållningssätt till dessa barn.

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Annear, M. J. ""They're not including us!" : neighbourhood deprivation and older adults' leisure time physical activity participation." Diss., Lincoln University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/468.

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Population ageing and the tendency for older adults to have poorer health status than younger adults have raised concerns about potential increases in the number of elderly suffering disease and disability. Significantly, many health problems experienced in later life are associated with the onset of a more sedentary lifestyle. Increasing older adults' participation in leisure time physical activity (henceforth LTPA) offers an opportunity to reduce the prevalence of preventable morbidity in later life and offset a potential burden of ageing on the public health sector. As a forerunner to the development of strategies to increase older adults' LTPA participation, researchers have investigated the intrapersonal, interpersonal and, to a lesser extent, environmental influences on this health behaviour. Recent findings from studies of the adult population have suggested that neighbourhood deprivation, a measure of the socioeconomic conditions of small areas, may significantly influence LTPA participation. Extending previous findings, this research investigated how neighbourhood deprivation influenced older adults' LTPA participation. A total of 63 older adults were recruited from high- and low-deprivation neighbourhoods in Christchurch, New Zealand. Neighbourhoods were selected because of their relative positions on the New Zealand Deprivation Index and were characterised by the researcher as "East-town", a neighbourhood of high deprivation, and "West-town", a neighbourhood of low deprivation. The research incorporated a cross-sectional, comparative and mixed-methods approach. The methods of enquiry employed in this research included a recall survey, Q method, and semi-structured interviewing. Each method addressed a different aspect of the primary research question and provided data that was used in the creation of an integrated model depicting the influence of neighbourhood deprivation on older adults' LTPA participation. The results derived from the three research methods showed that older adults from the low-deprivation neighbourhood of West-town participated in LTPA more frequently than older adults from the high-deprivation neighbourhood of East-town. East-town was identified as having many physical and social environmental constraints to LTPA and comparatively few facilitators. Alternatively, West-town was found to have many physical and social environmental facilitators to LTPA and relatively few constraints. Neighbourhood attributes which appeared to influence older adults' LTPA participation included appropriateness of leisure provision, neighbourhood attractiveness, walkability, traffic, and perceptions of crime and antisocial behaviour. One implication of this research is that environmental interventions should be considered in attempts to engage older adults in LTPA for health purposes, particularly in high-deprivation neighbourhoods.

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Brock, Laura. "Beyond domesticity, the use and value of women's leisure time in Halifax, 1880-1930." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq33836.pdf.

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Elhakeem, A. I. "Socioeconomic and developmental factors from early life and leisure-time physical activity across adulthood." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2017. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1563581/.

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Leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) benefits heath therefore, it is important to understand which factors might influence LTPA. Studies link early life factors with adult health and behaviours but their associations, particularly developmental factors, with LTPA are unclear. Further, examining if associations found change with age may shed light on underlying mechanisms. The aim of this thesis was to examine associations of socioeconomic and developmental factors from early life with LTPA across adulthood. Published studies were systematically reviewed to examine associations between childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) and adult LTPA. Remaining objectives were addressed using data from up to 3545 participants from the MRC National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD). Prospectively collected data from early life used in analyses were birth weight, infant motor milestones, ability at school games, upper and lower limb motor coordination and pubertal development. LTPA was self-reported five times between ages 36 and 68. Associations were examined using standard and mixed-effects binary and multinomial logistic regression. Age by early life factor interactions tested if associations varied by age at assessment of LTPA. Among 36 published studies identified, lower childhood SEP (most commonly indicated by parental occupation and education) was associated with less LTPA in adulthood (particularly among women and in UK cohorts) but there was considerable heterogeneity between studies. In the NSHD, low birth weight, lower ability at games and slower tapping speed in adolescence were associated with lower likelihood of participation in LTPA across adulthood and these associations did not vary by age. There was some suggestion that early maturing boys and later maturing girls were more likely to participate in LTPA in adulthood but this evidence was weak. Socioeconomic and developmental factors from early life were associated with LTPA across adulthood. The main implications of these findings are that those with low birth weight, less motor competence and lower SEP may require additional support to take up and maintain LTPA across adulthood.

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Sandoval, Alexandra. "RELATIONSHIP OF CHILDHOOD ACTIVITY TO LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES AND RECREATION SPECIALIZATION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS." OpenSIUC, 2013. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1270.

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Leisure time and outdoor recreation are participated in during childhood, which allows for children to being able to learn about different recreation activities, whether they may be indoor or outdoor oriented. Children begin to learn about the world around them, having significant life experiences and beginning to understand the concept of recreation specialization. As a child moves into adulthood, specifically as college students, their leisure time activities being to change; this may be due to the fact that their time is limited for both indoor and outdoor recreation, but could also be due to the fact that technological advances have had an impact on how college-aged students tend to spend their time. This thesis aims to find relationships in activities participated in during both childhood and adulthood. The significance of indoor and outdoor recreation was also included, in order to further understand if location of activity choices in childhood had an impact on the recreation participated in during adulthood. Specific activities which were most and least frequently chosen were observed, along with basic demographics of the population.

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Lindfors, Eva. "Lärare i fritidshem - kan jag endast tituleras lärare när jag undervisar i skolämnen? : En studie om den vardagliga verkligheten för lärare i fritidshem med behörighet i bildämnet." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-39949.

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The historical background and previous research on my subject refers to a certain uncertainty in a professional teacher's professional identity that still remains. The difficulty is excreted in ignorance in leading fields and uninteresting colleagues in between. My aim of the study is to gain an insight into the activities at the leisure home and how teachers view their professional role as well as how they take on the dual assignments that the identification in the school subject entails. I have chosen a qualitative method for my interviews and my selection was six teachers in leisure-time centres working in schools around Stockholm. I have used Roger Saljö's interpretation of socio-cultural theory, whose basic idea is that learning takes place in interaction between a group of people and an individual. My research shows that there are external factors that govern and influence the leisure teacher's choices and conditions and that the traditional school is prioritized. Despite the teachers' uncertainty about what their professional identity should be called in the leisure home, the image education has nevertheless strengthened their self-confidence and how they today teach the students.
Den historiska bakgrunden och tidigare forskningen kring mitt ämne hänvisar till en viss osäkerhet i en fritidslärarens yrkesidentitet som ännu kvarstår. Svårigheten utsöndras i okunskap i ledande fält samt ointresse kollegor emellan. Mitt syfte med studien är att få en inblick i verksamheten på fritidshemmen och hur lärare ser på sin yrkesroll samt hur de tar sig an de dubbla uppdragen som legitimationen i skolämnet bild medför. Jag har valt en kvalitativ metod för mina intervjuer och mitt urval var sex lärare i fritidshem som arbetar på skolor runt Stockholm. Jag har använt mig av Roger Säljös tolkning av den sociokulturella teorin, vars grundtanke är att lärande sker i samspel mellan en grupp människor och individ. Min underökning visar att det är yttre faktorer som styr och påverkar fritidslärarens val och förutsättningar samt att den traditionella skolan prioriteras. Trots lärarnas osäkerhet på vad deras yrkesidentitet ska kallas på fritidshemmet, har ändå bildutbildningen stärkt deras självförtroende och hur de idag undervisar eleverna.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Leisure time'

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