Journal of Leisure Research (JLR)Innovative, timely, and respected, the Journal of Leisure Research (JLR) has published original research to advance the field of leisure studies since 1968. JLR is scientific in content and nature, focusing on conceptual and methodological advances and questions. JLR is published five times annually. JLR is an official publication of the National Recreation and Park Association.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journal of Leisure Research (JLR) Volume 30

Number 4

Articles

Leisure as Multiphase Experiences: Challenging Traditions
    William P. Stewart

Nature/Person Transactions During An Outdoor Adventure Experience: A Multi-Phasic Analysis
    Norman Mclntyre, Joseph W. Roggenbuck

An Hermeneutic Approach to Studying the Nature of Wilderness Experiences
     Michael E. Patterson, Alan E. Watson, Daniel R. Williams, Joseph R. Roggenbuck

On-site Optimal Experiences and Their Relationship to Off-site Benefits
    Gordon J. Walker, R. Bruce Hull IV,  Joseph W. Roggenbuck

The Multi-day, Competitive Leisure Event: Examining Satisfaction Over Time
    Wendy Hultsman

Affective and Cognitive Effects of Information Use Over the Course of a Vacation
    Christine A. Vogt, Susan I. Stewart, Ph.D.

Assimilation and Leisure Constraints: Dynamics of Constraints on Leisure in Immigrant Populations
    Monika Stodolska

Policing the Park: Understanding Soft Enforcement
    Michael R. Pendleton

Number 3

Articles

Recreation Demand and the Influence of Site Preference Variables
    Christos Siderelis, Roger L. Moore

Adolescent and Adult Leisure Patterns: A Reassessment
    David Scott, Fern K. Willits

Examining the Long Term Effects of Leisure Education on a Sense of Independence and Psychological Well-Being among the Elderly
    Mark S. Searle, Michael J. Mahon, Seppo E. Iso-Ahola, Heather Adam Sdrolias, Joanne van Dyck

The Leisure Context of Adolescents who are Lesbian, Gay Male, Bisexual and Questioning their Sexual Identities: An Exploratory Study
    Linda L. Caldwell, Beth D. Kivel, Edward A. Smith, David Hayes

Adolescent Girls and Outdoor Recreation: A Case Study Examining Constraints and Effective Programming
    Rocklynn H. Culp

Measuring Flow Experiences in Daily life: An Examination of the Items Used to Measure Challenge and Skill
    Judith E. Voelkl, Gary D. Ellis

Number 2

Articles

Gender Equity in the Leisure Services Field
    Kimberly J. Shinew, Margaret L. Arnold

Past Experience and Behavioral Choice Among Wilderness Users
    Bonita L. McFarlane, Peter C. Boxall, David O. Watson

Race and Gender Differences in Adolescent Peer Group Approval of Leisure Activities
    Steven F. Philipp

Leisure in the Lives of Old Lesbians: Experiences with and Responses to Discrimination
    Sharon Jacobson, Diane M. Samdahl

A Path Analytic Model of the Relationships between Involvement, Psychological Commitment, and Loyalty
    Yoshi Iwasaki, Mark E. Havitz

Book Reviews

Outdoor Recreation in America, 5th Edition
    Clayne R. Jensen

The New Lesbian Studies: Into the Twenty-first Century
    Bonnie Zimmerman, Toni A.H. McNaron

Same Sex, Different Cultures: Gays and Lesbians Across Cultures
    Bonnie Zimmerman, Toni A.H. McNaron

Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
    M. Pipher

Wallace Stegner: His life and work
    Jackson J. Benson

Number 1

Obituary

Christine Z. Howe
    Gaylene Carpenter

Special Issue Introductory

Getting Beyond Marginality and Ethnicity: The Challenge for Race and Ethnic Studies in Leisure Research
    Myron F. Floyd

Articles

Discrimination in Leisure and Work Experienced by a White Ethnic Minority Group
    Monika Stodolska, Edgar L. Jackson

The Effect of Cultural Assimilation on the Importance of Family-Related and Nature-Related Recreation among Hispanic Americans
    Sandra L. Shaull, James H. Gramann

Accounting for Ethnicity in Recreation Demand: A Flexible Count Data Approach
    J. M. Bowker, V. R. Leeworthy

"You have to have some fun to go along with your work": The Interplay of Race, Class, Gender, and Leisure in the Industrial New South
    M. Deborah Bialeschki, Kathryn Lynn Walbert

Wildland Recreation in the Rural South: An Examination of Marginality and Ethnicity Theory
    Cassandra Y. Johnson, J. M. Bowker, Donald B. K. English, Dreamal Worthen

Tourism, Hybridity, and Ambiguity: The Relevance of Bhabha's 'Third Space' Cultures
    Dr. Keith Hollinshead

Researching Diverse Populations
    Karla A. Henderson

Book Reviews

The End of Work: The Decline of the Global Labor Force and the Dawn of the Post-Market Era
    Jeremy Rifkin 

When Work Disappears: The Work of the New Urban Poor
    W.J. Wilson

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