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