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 40

Number 4

Articles

The Role of Time in Developing Place Meanings
    David Smaldone, Charles Harris, Nick Sanyal

“The Schedule Has Been Tough But We Think It’s Worth It”: The Joys, Challenges, and Recommendations of Youth Sport Parents
    Lenny D. Wiersma, Angela M. Fifer

Functional Support Associated with Belonging to the Red Hat Society®, a Leisure-Based Social Network
    Deborah L. Kerstetter, Careen M. Yarnal, Julie S. Son, I-Yin Yen, Birgitta S. Baker

Using Recreation Specialization to Understand Conservation Support
    Chi-Ok Oh, Robert B. Ditton

Obesity-Stigma as a Multifaceted Constraint to Leisure
    Stephen T. Lewis, Marieke Van Puymbroeck

A Theory of Urban Park Geography
    Gregory Brown

Recreation Visitor Attitudes Towards Management-ignited Prescribed Fires in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, Montana
    Katie Knotek, Alan E. Watson, William T. Borrie, Joshua G. Whitmore, David Turner

Number 3

Articles

Having More by Doing Less: The Paradox of Leisure Constraints in Later Life
    Douglas Kleiber, Francis A. McGuire, Begum Aybar-Damali, William Norman

Writing Leisure: Values and Ideologies of Research
    William P. Stewart, Diana C. Parry, Troy D. Glover

“Don’t Call Him A Cowboy”: Masculinity, Cowboy Drag, and A Costume Change
    Corey W. Johnson

Leisure and Risky Health Behaviors: A Review of Evidence about Smoking
    Andrew T. Kaczynski, Roger C. Mannell, Stephen R. Manske

Welfare Measurement Convergence Through Bias Adjustments in General Population and On-Site Surveys: An Application to Water-based Recreation at Lake Sevan, Armenia
    Craig Meisner, Hua Wang, Benoit Laplante

Number 2

Articles

Adolescent Girls’ Involvement in Disability Sport: A Comparison of Social Support Mechanisms
    Denise M. Anderson, Ph.D., Angela Wozencroft, ABD, Leandra A. Bedini, Ph.D., CTRS, LRT

Friendships Developed Subsequent to a Stressful Life Event: The Interplay of Leisure, Social Capital, and Health
    Troy D. Glover, Diana C. Parry

Pathways to Meaning-Making Through Leisure-Like Pursuits in Global Contexts
    Yoshitaka Iwasaki, Ph.D.

Leisure Activity and Depressive Symptoms of Widowed and Married Women in Later Life
    Megan C. Janke, Ph.D., CTRS, Galit Nimrod, Ph.D., Douglas A. Kleiber, Ph.D.

Do Age and Gender Matter in the Constraint Negotiation of Physically Active Leisure?
    Julie S. Son, Deborah L. Kerstetter, Andrew J. Mowen

The Effects of Ethnicity and Gender on Facilitating Intrinsic Motivation during Leisure with a Close Friend
    Gordon J. Walker

The Effect of Cohort on Women’s Sport Participation: An Intergenerational Study of Collegiate Women Ice Hockey Players
    Carol J. Auster

Number 1

Articles

Research on Race and Ethnicity in Leisure Studies: A Review of Five Major Journals
    Myron F. Floyd, Jason N. Bocarro, Timia D. Thompson

The Authenticity of Positive Emotional Displays: Client Responses to Leisure Service Employees
    Mary Ann Collishaw, Linda Dyer, Kathleen Boies

Development of the Serious Leisure Inventory and Measure
    James Gould, DeWayne Moore, Francis McGuire, Robert Stebbins

Self-Serving Bias in Visitors’ Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism
    Christine M. Van Winkle, Kelly J. MacKay

The Role of Self-Construal as an Intervening Variable between Culture and Leisure Constraints: A Comparison of Canadian and Mainland Chinese University Students
    Gordon J. Walker, Edgar L. Jackson, Jinyang Deng

Examining State Dependence and Place Attachment Within a Recreational Fishing Site Choice Model
    Len M. Hunt

Constraints Experienced by Elite Athletes with Disabilities in Kenya, with Implications for the Development of a New Hierarchical Model of Constraints at the Societal Level
    Janna L. Crawford, Monika Stodolska

 

 

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