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 37

Number 4

Articles

Locating Leisure in the Social Capital Literature
    Troy D. Glover, John L. Hemingway

Recreation, Informal Social Networks and Social Capital
    Alan Warde, Gindo Tampubolon, Mike Savage

Social Structure, Identities, and Values: A Network Approach to Understanding People's Relationships to Forests
    H. W. Harshaw, D. B. Tindall

Building Relationships, Accessing Resources: Mobilizing Social Capital in Community Garden Contexts
    Troy D. Glover, Diana C. Parry, KimberlyJ. Shinew

Using Leisure Services to Build Social Capital in Later Life: Classical Traditions, Contemporary Realities, and Emerging Possibilities
    Stephen S. Maynard, Douglas A. Kleiber

Building Community and Social Capital through Children's Leisure in the Context of an International Camp
    Felice C. Yuen, Alison Pedlar, Roger C. Mannell

Book Review

Gender and Leisure: Social and Cultural Perspectives
    Cara Carmichael Aitchison, Kindal Shores

Number 3

Articles

Delivering Communitas: Wilderness Adventure and the Making of Community
    Erin K. Sharpe

Gender and Ethnic Variations in Urban Park Preferences, Visitation, and Perceived Benefits
    Ching-hua Ho, Vinod Sasidharan, William Elmendorf, Fern K. Willits, Alan Graefe, Geoffrey Godbey

Climate Change and Recreation Benefits in an Alpine National Park
    Robert B. Richardson, John B. Loomis

The Impact of Greenways on Property Values: Evidence from Austin, Texas
    Sarah Nicholls, John L. Crompton

An Examination of the Leisure Involvement- Agency Commitment Relationship
    Gerard T. Kyle, Andrew J. Mowen

Examining College Students' Participation in the Leisure Pursuits of Drinking and Illegal Drug Use
    Kimberly J. Shinew, Diana C. Parry

Number 2

Articles

Women's Leisure as Resistance to Pronatalist Ideology
    Diana C. Parry

Enduring Involvement, Situational Involvement, and Flow in Leisure and Non-leisure Activities
    Mark E. Havitz, Roger C. Mannell

Willingness to Pay for Non Angler Recreation at the Lower Snake River Reservoirs
    John R. McKean, Donn Johnson, R. Garth Taylor, Richard L. Johnson

"If the Dishes Don't Get Done Today, They'll Get Done Tomorrow": A Breast Cancer Experience as a Catalyst for Changes to Women's Leisure
    Charlene S. Shannon, Susan M. Shaw

A Spatial Analysis of Linkages between Health Care Expenditures, Physical Inactivity, Obesity and Recreation Supply
    Randall S. Rosenberger, Yoav Sneh, Tim T. Phipps, Rachel Gurvitch

Activity Characteristics and Emotional Experience: Predicting Boredom and Anxiety in the Daily Life of Community Mental Health Clients
    Bryan P. McCormick, Janet A. Funderburk, Youngkhill Lee, Monica Hale-Fought

Number 1

Articles

Gender-Based Analyses of Coping with Stress among Professional Managers: Leisure Coping and Non-Leisure Coping
    Yoshi Iwasaki, Ph.D., Kelly MacKay, Ph.D.,  Jennifer Mactavish, Ph.D.

"Going Above and Beyond:" The Emotional Labor of Adventure Guides
    Erin K. Sharpe

Participation in School-Based Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment
    Nancy Darling, Linda L. Caldwell, Robert Smith

Culture, Self-Construal, and Leisure Theory and Practice
    Gordon J. Walker, Jinyang Deng, Rodney B. Dieser

Comments on the Paper by Walker, Deng, and Dieser

Evolution of Cross-Cultural Analysis in the Study of Leisure: Commentary on "Culture, Self-Construal, and Leisure Theory and Practice"
    Roger C. Mannell

Self-construal in Context: A Response to Walker, Deng, and Dieser
    Linda L. Caldwell

"Whoa Versus Go!" A Rejoinder to Mannell and Caldwell
    Gordon J. Walker, Rodney B. Dieser, Jinyang Deng

Book Reviews

Destination Benchmarking: Concepts, Practices and Operations
    Metin Kozak, Christine Vogt, Lori Pennington-Gray

101 Fun Warm-Up and Cool-Down Games
    John Byl, Ph.D., Annette Moore

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