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 29

Number 4

Articles

Attitude-Strength and Support of Recreation Management Strategies
    Alan D. Bright

Chances, Trances, and Lots Of Slots: Gambling Motives and Consumption Experiences
   June Cotte

A Model for Commodity Intensive Serious Leisure
   Daniel G. Yoder

A Critique of Leisure Constraints: Comparative Analyses and Understandings
   Diane M. Samdahl, Nancy J. Jekubovich

A Critique of Constraints Theory: A Response
   Karla A. Henderson

In the Eye of the Beholder: A Comment on Samdahl & Jekubovich (1997), "A Critique of Leisure Constraints: Comparative Analyses and Understandings"
   Edgar L. Jackson

A Rejoinder to Henderson's and Jackson's Commentaries on "A Critique of Leisure Constraints"
   Diane M. Samdahl, Nancy J. Jekubovich

Book Reviews

Understanding Media Cultures: Social Theory and Mass Communication
   Nick Stevenson, Steven G. Hill, Patricia A. Stokowski, Ph. D.

Popular Cultures: Rock Music, Sport and the Politics of Pleasure
   David Rowe, Steven G. Hill, Patricia A. Stokowski, Ph. D.

Leadership in Leisure Services: Making a Difference
   Debra J. Jordan, J.P. Witman, Ed.D.

Sport in Society: Equal Opportunity or Business as Usual?
   Richard E. Lapchick, Daniel G. Yoder, Ph. D.

Number 3

Articles

Leisure Involvement Revisited: Conceptual Conundrums and Measurement Advances
   Mark E. Havitz, Frederic Dimanche

Perception of Constraints and Strength of Motivation: Their Relationship to Recreational Sport Participation in Greece
   Bob Carroll, Konstantinos Alexandris

Social Status, Self-Development, and the Process of Sailing Specialization
   Walter F. Kuentzel, Thomas A. Heberlein

An Exploration of the Relationships Among Social Psychological Involvement, Behavioral Involvement, Commitment, and Future Intentions in the Context of Birdwatching
   Seong-Seop Kim, David Scott, John L. Crompton

The Economic Benefits of Mountain Biking at One of Its Meccas: An Application of the Travel Cost Method to Mountain Biking in Moab, Utah
   Peter Fix, John Loomis

Book Reviews

Nature and the Human Spirit: Toward an Expanded Land Management Ethic
    B. L. Driver, Dan Dustin, Tony Baltic, Gary Elsner, George Peterson, David Mathew Zuefle, Ph.D.

Customer Relationship Management: Making Hard Decisions With Soft Number
    J. Anton, Ronald E. Goldsmith

National Parks and The Woman's Voice: A History
    P.W. Kaufman, M. Deborah Bialeschnki, Ph.D.

Number 2

Articles

Native Americans and Leisure: State of the Research and Future Directions
   Daniel McDonald, Leo McAvoy

Building Communities Through Leisure: Citizen Participation in a Healthy Communities Initiative
   Susan M. Arai, Alison M. Pedlar

Social Exchange Processes in Leisure and Non-leisure Settings: A Review and Exploratory Investigation
   Christopher J. Auld, Alan J. Case

The Effect of State Parks on the County Economies of the West
   Kevin T. Duffy-Deno, Ph.D.

At the Center of Their Lives: Indo Canadian Women, Their Families and Leisure
   Susan C. Tirone, Susan M. Shaw

Number 1

Special Issue Introduction

Redefining Family, Redefining Leisure: Progress Made and Challenges Ahead in Research on Leisure and Families
   Valeria J. Freysinger

Articles

Leisure and Recreation among Women of Selected Hill-Farming Families in BangladeshLeisure and Recreation among Women of Selected Hill-Farming Families in Bangladesh
    Niaz Ahmed Khan

Patterns of Family Recreation in Families that Include Children with a Developmental Disability
    Jennifer Mactavish, Ph.D., Stuart Schleien, Ph.D., Carla Tabourne, Ph.D.

The Moderating Effect of Spouse Support on the Relation Between Serious Leisure and Spouses' Perceived Leisure-Family Conflict
    Stephen J. Goff, Daniel S. Fick, Robert A. Oppliger

Enduring Involvement in Youth Soccer: The Socialization of Parent and Child
    B. Christine Green, Laurence Chalip

Divergent Experiences of Family Leisure: Fathers, Mothers, and Young Adolescents
    Reed W. Larson, Sally A. Gillman, Maryse H. Richards

Controversies and Contradictions in Family Leisure: An Analysis of Conflicting Paradigms
    Susan M. Shaw

"I Don't Want A Lifestyle—I Want A Life": The Effect of Role Negotiations on the Leisure of Lesbian Mothers
    M. Deborah Bialeschki, Kimberly D. Pearce

Changing Issues in Leisure-Family Research—Again
    John R. Kelly

Book Reviews

Divergent Realities: The Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents
    Reed Larson, Maryse H. Richards, Beth D. Kivel, Ed.D.

Current Widowhood: Myths and Realities
    Helena Z. Lopata, Candace Ashton-Shaeffer, Ph.D.

Both Gains and Gaps: Feminist Perspectives on Women's Leisure
    Karla Henderson, Deborah M. Bialeschki, Susan M. Shaw, Valeria J. Freysinger, Heather J. Gibson, Ph.D.

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