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 31

Number 4

Articles

Leisure and Family: Perspectives of Male Adolescents Who Engage in Delinquent Activity as Leisure
    Brenda J. Robertson, Ph.D.

Convergence and Divergence in Leisure Style among Whites and African Americans: Toward an Interracial Contact Hypothesis
    Myron F. Floyd, Kimberly J. Shinew

Are We Welcome? African American Racial Acceptance in Leisure Activities and the Importance Given to Children's Leisure
    Steven F. Philipp

Heterogeneous Visitors and the Spatial Limits of the Travel Cost Model
    Joe Kerkvliet, Clifford Nowell

Central Park as a Model for Social Control: Urban Parks, Social Class and Leisure Behavior in Nineteenth-Century America
    Dorceta E. Taylor

Number 3

Articles

Anticipated Responses to a Fee Program: The Key is Trust
    Patricia L. Winter, Laura J. Palucki, Rachel L. Burkhardt

A Functionalist Approach to User Fees
    Thomas A. More

Structural Equation Modeling of Users' Response to Wilderness Recreation Fees
    Daniel R. Williams, Christine A. Vogt, Joar Vitterso

Appropriate Fees for Wilderness Day Use: Pricing Decisions for Recreation on Public Land
    Jerrell Ross Richer, Neal A. Christensen

Price Responsiveness in the Developing Country Nature Tourism Context: Review and Costa
Rican Case Study

    Kreg Lindberg, Bruce Aylward

Stated Choice Models for Predicting The Impact Of User Fees at Public Recreation Sites
    Herbert W. Schroeder, Jordan Louviere

Rearch Implications of the Theme Issues "Recreation Fees and Pricing Issues in the Public Sector" (Journal of Park and Recreation Administration) and "Societal Response to Recreation Fees on Public Lands" (Journal of Leisure Research)
    Alan E. Watson, Gamini Herath

Number 2

Articles

"Why are You Bored?": An Examination of Psychological and Social Control Causes of Boredom Among Adolescents
    Linda L. Caldwell, Nancy Darling, Laura L. Payne, Bonnie Dowdy

Leisure Involvement Revisited: Drive Properties and Paradoxes
    Mark E. Havitz, Frederic Dimanche

Leisure, Social Capital, and Democratic Citizenship
    J. L. Hemingway


Commentary

An Examination of Differences Between Academics and Practitioners in Frequency of Reading Research and Attitudes Toward Research
    Debra J. Jordan, Michelle Roland

Articles

Speaking Only To Ourselves? Citation Analysis of Journal of Leisure Research and Leisure Sciences
    Diane M. Samdahl, Judith J. Kelly

Response

Speaking Each Others' Language: Should Insularity Concern Us?
    Alison Pedlar

Myths of Leisure Research: An Uneasy Alliance
    Bill Stewart

Trophy Hunting in the Shadow of the Castle Keep
    Patricia A. Stokowski

Enhancing the Accessibility and Visibility of Leisure Research
    Elaine Dunn

Comment on the Impact of Leisure Research
    Robert Madrigal

A Commentary On The Perils Of Intellectual Isolation
    Rene Fukuhara Dahl

Number 1

Articles

Exploring the Dimensions of Serious Leisure: "Love Me—Love My Dog!"
   Cheryl K. Baldwin, Patricia A. Norton

Environmental Justice and the Spatial Distribution of Outdoor Recreation sites: an Application of Geographic Information Systems
    Michael A. Tarrant, H. Ken Cordell

Yes, I Used To Exercise, But . . .—A Feminist Study of Exercise in the life of Swedish Women
    Helene Thomsson

Leisure Context, Parental Control, and Resistance to Peer Pressure as Predictors of Adolescent Partying and Substance Use: An Ecological Perspective
    Linda L. Caldwell, Nancy Darling

Organizational Barriers to Diversity in the Workplace
    Dr. Maria T. Allison

Yes, I Used To Exercise, But . . .—A Feminist Study of Exercise in the life of Swedish Women

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