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 47
Number 5
Articles
Exploring the Role of Time Perspective in Leisure Choices: What About the Balanced Time Perspective?
Juan A. García, Belén Ruiz
Role of Leisure in Meaning-Making for Community-Dwelling Adults with Mental Illness: Inspiration for Engaged Life
Yoshitaka Iwasaki, Emily Messina, John Shank, Catherine Coyle
Leisure Time, Leisure Activities, and Happiness in China: Evidence from a National Survey
Xiang Wei, Songshan (Sam) Huang, Monika Stodolska, Yihua Yu
Family Leisure: An Integrative Review of Research from Select Journals
Camilla Hodge, Jason N. Bocarro, Karla A. Henderson, Ramon Zabriskie, Toby L. Parcel, Michael A. Kanters
Conceptualizing Structured Experiences: Seeking Interdisciplinary Integration
Mat D. Duerden, Peter J. Ward, Patti A. Freeman
Women's Sexual Sensation Seeking and Risk Taking in Leisure Travel
Liza Berdychevsky, Heather Gibson
Research Notes
Toward Conceptual Advancement of Costs and Perseverance within the Serious Leisure Perspective
Matthew Lamont, Millicent Kennelly, Brent D. Moyle
Number 4
Articles
The Stage-Based Development of Behavioral Regulation within the Context of Physically Active Leisure
Simon A. Brandon-Lai, Daniel C. Funk, Jeremy S. Jordon
An Identity-Based Conceptualization of Recreation Specialization
Jinhee Jun, Gerard Kyle, Alan Graefe, Robert Manning
Leisure-Time Physical Activity Moderates the Longitudinal Associations between Work-Family Spillover and Physical Health
Bora Lee, Katie M. Lawson, Po-Ju Chang, Claudia Neuendorf, Natalia O. Dmitrieva, David M. Almeida
“Let’s Talk about Sex”: Discussions in Seniors’ Online Communities
Liza Berdychevsky, Galit Nimrod
“I Will Not Be Wearing Heels Tonight!”: A Feminist Exploration of Singlehood, Dating, and Leisure
Janet L. McKeown
Research Notes
Informant-Provided Leisure Constraints in Six Taiwanese Cities
Garry Chick, Y-Chung Hsu, Chih-Kuei Yeh, Chi-Ming Hsieh
Number 3
Articles
Get Serious: Gender and Constraints to Long-Distance Running
Christine E. Wegner, Lynn L. Ridinger, Jeremy S. Jordan, Daniel C. Funk
Toward a Structural Model of Challenge Experience in Adventure Recreation
Sheng-Hshiung Tsaur, Wei-Rong Lin, Tien-Ming Cheng
An Alternate Conceptualization of the Leisure Constraints Measurement Model: Formative Structure?
Gerard Kyle, Junhee Jun
Reexamining the Relationship Between Leisure and Stress Among Older Adults
Liang-Chih Chang
Leisure in Urban China: General Patterns Based on a Nationwide Survey
Xiang Wei, Monika Stodolska
Urban Parks and Psychological Sense of Community
Edwin Gomez, Joshua W.R. Baur, Eddie Hill, Svetoslav Georgiev
Number 2
Articles
I Tie Flies in My Sleep: An Autoethnographic Examination of Recreation and Reintegration for a Veteran with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Warren D. Price, Neil R. Lundberg, Ramon B. Zabriskie, Keith W. Barney
Fearing Fat: Exploring the Discursive Links between Childhood Obesity, Parenting, and Leisure
Mike Mainland, Susan Shaw, Andrea Prier
Meanings of Leisure in Coping and Adjustment after Hurricane Katrina among Japanese and Japanese American Survivors in New Orleans
Shintaro Kono
Work or Play?: An Exploration of the Relationships between People and their Service Dogs in Leisure Activities
Jonathan R. Hicks, Courtney J. Weisman
Place Attachment and Marine Recreationists’ Attitudes toward Offshore Wind Energy Development
Matthew T. J. Brownlee, Jeffrey C. Hallo, Laurie W. Jodice, DeWayne D. Moore, Robert B. Powell, Brett A. Wright
Investigating Issues of Environmental Injustice in Neighborhoods Surrounding Parks
Allison A. Parsons, Gina M. Besenyi, Andrew T. Kaczynski, Sonja A. Wilhelm Stanis, Christine E. Blake, Daheia J. Barr-Anderson
Number 1
Leisure Research Symposium Paper
Leisure Research for Social Impact
Troy D. Glover
Articles
From Ranger Talks to Radio Stations: The Role of Communication in Sense of Place
Laura N. Rickard, Richard C. Stedman
Contributions of Leisure-Based Selective Optimization with Compensation and Leisure Activity Expenditure to the Health of Adults with Arthritis
Julie S. Son, Megan C. Janke
Elements of Crafts that Enhance Well-Being: Textile Craft Makers' Descriptions of Their Leisure Activity
Sinikka Pollanen
The Nature of Leisure Revisited: An Interpretation of Digital Leisure
Jordi Lopez Sintas, Laura Rojas de Francisco, Ercilila Garcia Alvarez
Transnational Leisure Experience of Second-Generation Immigrants: The Case of Chinese-Americans
Wei-Jue Huang, William C. Norman, Gregory P. Ramshaw, William J. Haller
Measurement Properties and Cross-Cultural Equivalence of Negotiation with Outdoor Recreation Constraints: An Exploratory Study
Tian Guo, Ingrid Schneider
Youth with Chronic Illness Forming Identities through Leisure
Ryan Snelgrove
