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 32

Number 4

Articles

Evaluating the Construct Validity of Sense of Belonging as a Measure of Landscape Perception
    Christopher D. Jones, Michael E. Patterson, William E. Hammitt

Alternative Criterion Variables Against Which to Assess the Impacts of Constraints to Leisure
    Anna Nadirova, Edgar L. Jackson

Incorporating Users' Perceptions of Site Quality in a Recreation Travel Cost Model
    Christos Siderelis, Roger Moore, Ju-Hee Lee

Women, Wilderness, and Everyday life: A Documentation of the Connection between Wilderness Recreation and Women's Everyday lives
    Sarah L. Pohl, William T. Borrie, Michael E. Patterson

Temporal and Spatial Displacement: Evidence from A High-Use Reservoir and Alternate Sites
    Troy Hall, Bo Shelby

Participation in Leisure Activities: Is It a Protective Factor for Women's Mental Health?
    Milena P. Ponde, Vilma S. Santana

 

Number 3

Articles

The Role of Parents and Peers in the Leisure Activities of Young Adolescents
    Elke Zeijl, Yolanda te Poel, Manuela du Bois-Reymond, Janita Ravesloot, Jacqueline J. Meulman

Bittersweet Journeys: Meanings of Leisure in the Institution-based Caregiving Context
    Sherry L. Dupuis, Ph.D., Bryan J. A. Smale, Ph.D.

Do User Fees Exclude Low-income People from Resource-based Recreation?
    Thomas More, Thomas Stevens

The Impact of Immigration: Leisure Experience in the lives of South American Immigrants
    Susana Juniu

 

Number 2

Articles

Physiological Stress Response of the Neuroendocrine System During Outdoor Adventure Tasks
    Camille J. Bunting, Ph.D., Homer Tolson, Ph.D., Cynthia Kuhn, Ph.D., Edward Suarez, Ph.D., Redford B Williams, M.D.

A Means-End Investigation of Ropes Course Experiences
    Marni A. Goldenberg, M.S., David B. Klenosky, Ph.D., Joseph T. O'Leary, Ph.D., Thomas J. Templin, Ph.D.

Factors Affecting Fan Attendance: The Influence of Identity Salience and Satisfaction
    Debra A. Laverie, Dennis B. Arnett

Validation of the Flow Theory in an On-Site Whitewater Kayaking Setting
    Christopher D. Jones, Steven J. Hollenhorst, Frank Perna, Steve Selin

"You Can Feel Them Looking at You": The Experiences of Adolescent Girls at Swimming Pools
    Kandy James

 

Number 1

Articles

Leisure, Diversity and Social Justice
    Maria T. Allison

Riding the Winds of Change
    Doris L. Berryman

The Role of Social Marketing in Leisure and Recreation Management
    Alan D. Bright

Recreation Specialization Revisited
    Hobson Bryan

JLR: A Means to Many Ends
    Diana R. Dunn

Social Groups and Parks: Leisure Behavior in Time and Space
    Donald R. Field

Echoes of Leisure: Questions, Challenges, and Potentials
    Karen M. Fox

The Future of Leisure Studies
    Geoffrey Godbey

False Dichotomies, Intellectual Diversity, and the "Either/Or" World: Leisure Research in Transition
    Karla A. Henderson

Moving Beyond the Romantic Biases in Natural Areas Recreation
    R. Bruce Hull

Our Reform Heritage: Recovering the Vision of Community Leisure Service
    Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt

Will Research on Leisure Constraints Still Be Relevant in the Twenty-first Century?
    Edgar L. Jackson

Downshifting: Regaining the Essence of Leisure
    Susana Juniu

The "Real World" and the Irrelevance of Theory-Based Research
    John R. Kelly

Leisure Experience and Identity: What Difference Does Difference Make?
    Beth D. Kivel

The Neglect of Relaxation
    Douglas A. Kleiber

Self-Identity, Modernity, and the Rational Actor in Leisure Research
    Walter F. Kuentzel

Counting on Recreation Use Data: A Call for Long-Term Monitoring
    John B. Loomis

What Do We Know? Not much: The State of Leisure and Aging Research
    Francis McGuire

Knowing Something About Leisure: Help or Hindrance?
    Mary Greenwood Par

Philosophy of Science and Leisure Research
    Michael E. Patterson

Leisure, Crime and Cops: Exploring A Paradox of Our Civility
    Michael R. Pendleton

Reorganizing the Chicago Park District: From Patronage to Professional Status
    Lisa C. Pesavento, Ph.D., C.L.P.

Race and the Pursuit of Happiness
    Steven Philipp

Reflections on the Future of Leisure Studies
    Diane M. Samdahl

Revisiting and Revising Recreation Conflict Research
    Ingrid E. Schneider

Tic, Toe, the Game is Locked and Nobody Else Can Play!
    David Scott

Is Leisure Theory Needed For Leisure Studies?
    Mark S. Searle

The 1960s: A Pivotal Decade for Recreation Research
    H. Douglas Sessoms

If Our Research is Relevant, Why is Nobody Listening?
    Susan M. Shaw

Obligation as an Aspect of Leisure Experience
    Robert A. Stebbins

Looking Beyond the Invisible: Can Research on Leisure of Ethnic and Racial Minorities Contribute to Leisure Theory?
    Monika Stodolska

Exploring Gender
    Patricia A. Stokowski

The Death of the Olmstedian Vision of Public Space
    Wayne F. Stormann

Meeting the Challenge of Wild Land Recreation Management: Demographic Shifts and Social Inequality
    Dorceta E. Taylor

Anatomy of the Academy: Dissecting the Past, Resecting the Future
    Daniel R. Williams

If Leisure Research is to Matter II
    Peter A. Witt

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