Douglas A Kleiber
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 277413 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Douglas A Kleiber |
| NOMBRES | Douglas A |
| APELLIDO | Kleiber |
| FIRMA | KLEIBER D A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Georgia |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 58 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 616 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 58 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1972 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 14 |
The legacy of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi for leisure studies
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
This article refers to:Experience design and the origins and aims of leisure studies: Shifting the focus from context to experience
Adaptation to the Covid-19 pandemic among older adults in the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic is a constraint to leisure behaviour of historic proportions. Paradoxically, it might also be a catalyst for a reconsideration of the importance of leisure to well-being in later life. This paradox, on a smaller scale, was addressed previously by Kleiber. In their examination of how factors constraining behaviour may actually produce enduring benefits for individuals. The proposition explored in this paper is that COVID-19 a…
The importance of self-management in the leisure activities of young people
This report addresses the proposition that young people's self-management of peer group leisure activities results in higher levels of satisfaction with them and makes them more meaningful and impactful. This study collected information in a self-administered questionnaire about the type of leisure spaces and management strategies used by young people aged 16–18 years old and addressed issues related to school time and free time. The sample under…
Toward an applied social psychology of leisure
Social experience has not figured prominently in the social psychology of leisure in the past, though the qualities of leisure experience itself—feelings of freedom, intrinsic interest, self-determination, and enjoyment—have had a defining and guiding role. The experience design movement has revitalized prospects for leisure service management based to some extent on this earlier work; but both experience design and basic social psychological res…
Widowhood and leisure
The loss of a spouse is a significantly stressful life event that can negatively affect social connections, life satisfaction, and mental health. This study looked at leisure’s role in helping study participants move forward and establish what life looks like as a widow. In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 widowed women regarding their leisure activities and the potential benefits to their coping process. Findings indicated that participan…
A new day for special interests among world leisure members and colleagues
Leisure and Aging Qualitative Research 15 Years into the Third Millennium
In the first issue of the new millennium, the Journal of Leisure Research (JLR) published an article by Fran McGuire titled What do we know? Not much: The state of leisure and aging In that article, McGuire summarized almost 40 years of research about the topic, stating, We probably 'know' that activity is in some sense good for people by contributing to the quality of life. However, for every article concluding one thing there seems to be a cont…
Gender Differences in Meaningful Leisure Following Major Later Life Events
Using narrative analysis, 20 interviews with older adults in Northern Spain suggested that participants developed leisure involvements that kept them meaningfully engaged, though in different ways according to gender. Their leisure activities resulted from life-long involvement, but also stemmed from later life events—mainly retirement and widowhood—that allowed for change and new engagements. Meaningful activities were those that allowed the dev…
The influence of meaningful leisure on the subjective well-being of older adults in the Basque Country of Northern Spain
The Basque Country in northern Spain provides a regional context for a study of the impact of leisure on subjective well-being in later life. A sample of 755 residents of the three provinces of the Basque Country completed surveys that included measures of serious leisure, other leisure patterns and subjective well-being. Ten males and 10 females from this sample were interviewed for their stories of leisure experience in later life. Quantitative…
Sex as Leisure in the Shadow of Depression
As a freely chosen activity intended to generate pleasure and enjoyment, sex is an important human experience associated with a sense of “normality” and well-being. However, depression and antidepressants are typically associated with decreased libido and diminished sexual functioning. Drawing upon netnography and constructivist grounded theory, this study explored how sex is perceived and experienced by people with depression who participate in …
Taking leisure seriously
The subject of leisure education has ancient intellectual roots similar to those of leisure itself; and the attention to the subject within the World Leisure establishment dates back to the beginning of that organisation as well. But while the rationale for leisure education (education in, through, and about leisure) has been well developed and its approaches well documented, its purposes have not been critically examined. This paper examines flo…
Optimizando la experiencia de ocio después de los 40
Envejecer es un proceso natural que ocurre a lo largo de toda la vida; no obstante, sugerir que algunas personas envejecen más exitosamente que otras es advertir ciertos criterios para vivir bien al final de la vida y, acto seguido, considerar los factores que contribuyen a ello. En este artículo se sitúa al ocio como frente y eje central del proceso de envejecimiento –especialmente tras la mediana edad–, identificándose aquellos aspectos de la e…
Leisure in Coping With Depression
This article explores how people with depression perceive and use leisure in coping with their illness. The study applied a netnography approach and was based on data from 25 online depression communities. The findings suggest that people with depression perceive leisure as a useful coping resource. Yet, they seem to be trapped in vicious circles. The more depressed they feel, the less they are able to participate in leisure activities and benefi…
I can’t be very sad’
The purpose of this paper is to consider adaptive processes in relation to the constraints that limit leisure in late life. Interview data gathered from a purposive sample of 20 male and female retirees involved in a ‘Learning in Retirement’ programme were used to identify constraints, responses to constraints and the personal meanings of both. Results indicated a variety of emotional and behavioural responses to constraints suggesting five promi…
Reduction in Leisure Activity and Well-Being During the Transition to Widowhood
There is relatively little evidence available about how leisure involvement changes with the death of a spouse and even less about how leisure activity is associated with the health and well-being of widows during this transition. Using data from the Americans Changing Lives (ACL) dataset, this study of 154 widows investigated change in leisure involvement during the transition to widowhood and examined the relationship between leisure activity r…
Retirement, Activity, and Subjective Well-Being in Israel and the Unites States
The purpose of the present study is to examine continuity and change in post-retirement leisure, and the relationship of such patterns to subjective well-being (SWB) in two national contexts. National data sets from the US (N=430) and Israel (N=383) are used to examine changes in leisure participation and their impact on SWB. Results indicate that in the US there is a general inclination toward continuity, while in Israel there are significant in…
Expanding, Reducing, Concentrating and Diffusing
This study investigates pre- and post-retirement leisure behavior of 430 retirees using data from the Americans Changing Lives dataset. The differences between four defined groups including reducers, concentrators, diffusers, and expanders were explored and leisure participation and subjective well being (i.e., depressive symptoms and life satisfaction) were measured. Although most adults are assumed to have more available time after leaving the …
Having More by Doing Less
A considerable literature now documents the vast array of constraints that keep people from participating in or enjoying recreation and leisure activities. Consistently these factors have been regarded as negative and deserving of elimination, negotiation, or navigation. Recently, however, researchers have argued (in separate chapters in Jackson, 2005a) that constraints often exist in a beneficial relationship with leisure activity patterns and s…
Leisure Activity and Depressive Symptoms of Widowed and Married Women in Later Life
Relatively little evidence is available about how leisure involvement changes with spousal loss, and even less about how leisure activity is associated with the well-being of widows during this transition. Using data from the Americans Changing Lives (ACL) dataset, this study compared 148 widows with an equal number of continuously married women to investigate change in leisure involvement during the transition to widowhood and examine the relati…
Reconsidering Change and Continuity in Later Life
This article examines the patterns and meanings of innovation in the activities of a group of retirees with an eye toward understanding the place and value of innovation in the aging process. Starting with a consideration of continuity theory, as a perspective that simply describes typical patterns of activity, and activity theory that prescribes expansion of activities as a key to well-being, this article highlights the characteristics, meanings…
Modeling Change in Older Adults' Leisure Activities
Changes in three domains of leisure (i.e., informal, formal, and physical) were examined using data from individuals ages 50 and over from all three waves of the Americans' Changing Lives study (N = 1,911), and different patterns of change were found. Individual growth curve modeling suggested that while no change occurred over time on average within domains, significant individual differences were found in these patterns across all domains. Limi…
Gifts of the Ordinary
The concepts of serious leisure (Stebbins, 1992) and “flow” (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990) have assumed a central position in assessments of the contribution of leisure to health and well-being. However, researchers who have examined the contribution of positive emotions and pleasant events or “healthy pleasures” (Folkman & Moskowitz, 2000; Fredrickson, 2000, Ornstein & Sobel, 1989) to health and well-being suggest that coping, as well as affirmation a…
Using Leisure Services to Build Social Capital in Later Life
The purpose of this paper was to explore the social capital generating potential of public leisure services for retirees as well as those approaching retirement age. The meanings of leisure, community, and friendship in the writings of Aristotle are explored as a philosophical base for reconsidering the relationship between leisure and social capital, and also for establishing a point of embarkation for the expansion of community leisure services…
Exploring the Influence of Leisure on Adjustment
While recent studies have demonstrated the significance of leisure in the initial phases of spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation, the impact of leisure experience on adjustment and the dynamics of that influence have yet to be adequately clarified. Development of skills to effectively manage leisure becomes critical in the community reintegration process, especially for those who are at risk for poor social and psychological adjustment after i…
Leisure as a Resource in Transcending Negative Life Events
Negative life events, such as the unexpected loss of a loved one, a disabling accident or a natural disaster, are inevitably distressing and disruptive. Coping with and recovering from such events generally requires a variety of personal and social resources. Previous research on leisure and coping has suggested that leisure orientations and relationships can be important in reducing the likelihood that stress becomes debilitating in some way. Bu…
The Experience of Leisure in Adolescence
This article investigates the psychological dimensions of leisure for adolescents, examining their experience of freedom, intrinsic motivation and positive affect in free time versus productive and maintenance activities. In addition, it examines the degree of challenge and concentration in such activities in order to consider the preparation they provide for serious adult roles. Following the procedures of the experience sampling method, 75 adol…
Leisure and Identity Formation in Male and Female Adolescents
Identity formation is thought to be one of the major developmental tasks of adolescence. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the role of leisure activities in this critical developmental process. This study provides an initial examination of the relationship between participation in various categories of leisure activity and level of identity development for male and female adolescents. Survey (n = 73) and interview (n = 20) dat…
Boredom, Stress and Social Control in the Daily Activities of Adolescents
This paper examines the experiences of boredom, time stress and lack of choice (lack of control) in the daily lives of adolescents, and especially in their free time activities. Both quantitative and qualitative data are used from a survey (n = 73) and interview (n = 20) study of grade 10 students from Ontario, Canada. The findings indicate that while free time activities were common everyday occurrences, many of the students (especially females)…
Leisure as a Coping Resource
The influence of leisure in coping with negative life events likely derives from its powers to distract, to generate optimism about the future, and to preserve a sense of self in the face of trauma (Kleiber, Hutchinson, & Williams, 2002). While there is recent evidence of leisure's role in coping with daily hassles and normative life stressors (e.g., Iwasaki & Mannell, 2000), the nature and extent of leisure's utility in coping with a life-alteri…
The Neglect of Relaxation
The Atlantic Monthly used to feature an entertaining section on historical encounters between some of the significant figures of a particular periodFrederick the Great and Voltaire, Sarah Bernhardt and Thomas Edison, Fats Walter and Al Capone-with the suggestion that they were rather odd bedfellows. was reminded of that series when Roger Mannell told me that he had met and spent some time with Josef Pieper back in 1981 when Pieper visited the Uni…
Modeling Change in Older Adults' Leisure Activities
Changes in three domains of leisure (i.e., informal, formal, and physical) were examined using data from individuals ages 50 and over from all three waves of the Americans' Changing Lives study (N = 1,911), and different patterns of change were found. Individual growth curve modeling suggested that while no change occurred over time on average within domains, significant individual differences were found in these patterns across all domains. Limi…
Gifts of the Ordinary
The concepts of serious leisure (Stebbins, 1992) and “flow” (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990) have assumed a central position in assessments of the contribution of leisure to health and well-being. However, researchers who have examined the contribution of positive emotions and pleasant events or “healthy pleasures” (Folkman & Moskowitz, 2000; Fredrickson, 2000, Ornstein & Sobel, 1989) to health and well-being suggest that coping, as well as affirmation a…
Leisure in Coping With Depression
This article explores how people with depression perceive and use leisure in coping with their illness. The study applied a netnography approach and was based on data from 25 online depression communities. The findings suggest that people with depression perceive leisure as a useful coping resource. Yet, they seem to be trapped in vicious circles. The more depressed they feel, the less they are able to participate in leisure activities and benefi…
Tomboys and sissies
Having More by Doing Less
A considerable literature now documents the vast array of constraints that keep people from participating in or enjoying recreation and leisure activities. Consistently these factors have been regarded as negative and deserving of elimination, negotiation, or navigation. Recently, however, researchers have argued (in separate chapters in Jackson, 2005a) that constraints often exist in a beneficial relationship with leisure activity patterns and s…
Leisure Activity and Depressive Symptoms of Widowed and Married Women in Later Life
Relatively little evidence is available about how leisure involvement changes with spousal loss, and even less about how leisure activity is associated with the well-being of widows during this transition. Using data from the Americans Changing Lives (ACL) dataset, this study compared 148 widows with an equal number of continuously married women to investigate change in leisure involvement during the transition to widowhood and examine the relati…
The Relevance of Leisure in an Illness Experience
Illness is generally experienced as more than merely physical or psychological distress. Depending on its seriousness, illness results in a disruption to one's sense of well being and personal continuity. The stories of people who have experienced spinal cord injuries illustrate not only the impact of illness in disrupting life stories but also the relevance of leisure in the course of this disruption. In this investigation, in-depth interviews w…
Sex as Leisure in the Shadow of Depression
As a freely chosen activity intended to generate pleasure and enjoyment, sex is an important human experience associated with a sense of “normality” and well-being. However, depression and antidepressants are typically associated with decreased libido and diminished sexual functioning. Drawing upon netnography and constructivist grounded theory, this study explored how sex is perceived and experienced by people with depression who participate in …
Leisure Orientations and Self-Esteem in Women with Low Incomes Who are Overweight
The view that leisure research has been androcentric has precipitated an increased interest in women's leisure. Likewise, recent concerns about socio-cultural diversity have underscored the importance of studying people who have been disenfranchised from the mainstream of society. This study examines the leisure orientations of women (n = 222) with low incomes who were not employed outside the home; they were predominately overweight and African …
The influence of meaningful leisure on the subjective well-being of older adults in the Basque Country of Northern Spain
The Basque Country in northern Spain provides a regional context for a study of the impact of leisure on subjective well-being in later life. A sample of 755 residents of the three provinces of the Basque Country completed surveys that included measures of serious leisure, other leisure patterns and subjective well-being. Ten males and 10 females from this sample were interviewed for their stories of leisure experience in later life. Quantitative…
Expanding, Reducing, Concentrating and Diffusing
This study investigates pre- and post-retirement leisure behavior of 430 retirees using data from the Americans Changing Lives dataset. The differences between four defined groups including reducers, concentrators, diffusers, and expanders were explored and leisure participation and subjective well being (i.e., depressive symptoms and life satisfaction) were measured. Although most adults are assumed to have more available time after leaving the …
Using Leisure Services to Build Social Capital in Later Life
The purpose of this paper was to explore the social capital generating potential of public leisure services for retirees as well as those approaching retirement age. The meanings of leisure, community, and friendship in the writings of Aristotle are explored as a philosophical base for reconsidering the relationship between leisure and social capital, and also for establishing a point of embarkation for the expansion of community leisure services…
Gender Differences in Meaningful Leisure Following Major Later Life Events
Using narrative analysis, 20 interviews with older adults in Northern Spain suggested that participants developed leisure involvements that kept them meaningfully engaged, though in different ways according to gender. Their leisure activities resulted from life-long involvement, but also stemmed from later life events—mainly retirement and widowhood—that allowed for change and new engagements. Meaningful activities were those that allowed the dev…
I can’t be very sad’
The purpose of this paper is to consider adaptive processes in relation to the constraints that limit leisure in late life. Interview data gathered from a purposive sample of 20 male and female retirees involved in a ‘Learning in Retirement’ programme were used to identify constraints, responses to constraints and the personal meanings of both. Results indicated a variety of emotional and behavioural responses to constraints suggesting five promi…
Self‐awareness and leisure experience
In recent years, conceptualizations of leisure have focused on a “leisure experience”; characterized by intense involvement in ongoing activity. Some researchers have suggested that self‐attention or self‐awareness may detract from that involvement and thus inhibit or restrict leisure. The disruptive influence of self‐awareness is also addressed in social psychological theories (Duval and Wicklund 1972, Mead 1934), which suggest that self‐awarene…
Structured Leisure as a Context for the Development of Attention During Adolescence
This article employs data from two studies to examine the hypothesis that structured leisure activities, such as music, sports and creative activities, provide an important context for young adolescents' development of the capacity to direct and control attention. Study 1 examines age differences in the contexts where young adolescents experience "paying attention," employing time sampling data from 483 fifth to ninth graders. Findings show that …
Sex differences in the relationship of locus of control and recreational sport participation
Leisure Meanings in Adolescence
The current study was intended to examine adolescent leisure meanings and to relate meanings and behavior to experience. Eighty-six high school juniors and seniors responded to a written questionnaire, and a subgroup of 24 volunteered to take part in an experience sampling (ESM) phase, responding to random signals over a seven day period. The ESM analysis showed that levels of relaxation, enjoyment, intrinsic motivation and happiness and seeing t…
Retirement, Activity, and Subjective Well-Being in Israel and the Unites States
The purpose of the present study is to examine continuity and change in post-retirement leisure, and the relationship of such patterns to subjective well-being (SWB) in two national contexts. National data sets from the US (N=430) and Israel (N=383) are used to examine changes in leisure participation and their impact on SWB. Results indicate that in the US there is a general inclination toward continuity, while in Israel there are significant in…
Youths' outlook on the future
Fate control and leisure attitudes
It has been suggested that attitudes toward leisure may be affected by one's perception of the ability to control life's consequences. Rotter's I‐E scale was used in the present study to measure the perceived locus of control and was correlated with the scales of Neulingers Leisure Attitude Inventory. Results indicated that positive attitudes toward leisure were generally more associated with an external than an internal locus of control, i.e., w…
Free Time Activity and Psycho-Social Adjustment in College Students
The present study is an attempt to isolate a dimension of leisure behavior, active versus passive, and determine its relationship to factors of psycho-social adjustment. The hypothesis examined was that individuals more actively engaged in their free time would be both less anxious and more likely to feel in control of their environments. Results indicated limited support for the hypothesis, and other possible sources of variation were discussed.…
The graying of achievement motivation
The graying of achievement motivation
Sex differences in the relationship of locus of control and recreational sport participation
Tomboys and sissies
Leisure and work ethics and locus of control
Equivocal findings regarding the relationship between attitudes toward leisure and the extent to which people feel in control of their own fate led to the consideration of possible mediating influences. The current study was an attempt to examine the relationship between locus of control and the affective domain of leisure attitude, or leisure “ethic,” while controlling for the influence of work ethic. The possibility of differences between males…
The Serious Business of Growing Up
The Serious Business of Growing Up: A Study of Children's Lives Outside School. Elliott A. Medrich, Judith A. Roizen, Victor Rubin, and Stewart Buckley." Journal of Leisure Research, 15(2), pp. 174–175
Sport and Human Development
Sport is a conspicuous part of modern culture and is heatedly discussed by athletes, coaches, fans, sports writers, and social scientists. It is often exalted as a developer of character and criticized as a dehumanizing force. In this article I discuss sport as it relates to the continuing dialectic between the individual and society. Its initial appeal is that it simplifies that dialectic by offering a potential for the experience of conflict an…
Sex Differences and the Use of Leisure as Adaptive Potentiation
While sex-differences in leisure-related behavior are well-established, recent research suggests that participation in the same leisure-related activities and assumption of the same leisure orientations may have different psychological significance for females than for males. In this paper, the gender-specific developmental potential of leisure activities is considered, with special attention to the case of sport. Evidence implying that girls and…
Interpreting leisure
Youth's Outlook on the Future III
The Experience of Leisure in Adolescence
This article investigates the psychological dimensions of leisure for adolescents, examining their experience of freedom, intrinsic motivation and positive affect in free time versus productive and maintenance activities. In addition, it examines the degree of challenge and concentration in such activities in order to consider the preparation they provide for serious adult roles. Following the procedures of the experience sampling method, 75 adol…
Quality of Exit from University Sports and Life Satisfaction in Early Adulthood
The possibility that the experience of retirement from sport may be different from one athlete to another has not been thoroughly examined. The current study offers evidence on the effect of role performance in intercollegiate basketball and football on life satisfaction in the period of adulthood immediately following. The theoretical departure point for this research comes from Kearl’s (1986) analysis of “exits” in everyday life and his assumpt…
Why People Recreate. David H. Smith & Nancy Theberge
Why People Recreate. David H. Smith & Nancy Theberge." Journal of Leisure Research, 19(3), pp. 242–243
Self‐awareness and leisure experience
In recent years, conceptualizations of leisure have focused on a “leisure experience”; characterized by intense involvement in ongoing activity. Some researchers have suggested that self‐attention or self‐awareness may detract from that involvement and thus inhibit or restrict leisure. The disruptive influence of self‐awareness is also addressed in social psychological theories (Duval and Wicklund 1972, Mead 1934), which suggest that self‐awarene…
The Effect of Career-Ending Injuries on the Subsequent Well-Being of Elite College Athletes
In a previous investigation of the factors that make for a satisfying “exit” from organized sport (Kleiber, Greendorfer, Blinde, & Samdahl, 1987), it was determined that the only predictor of life satisfaction in the years following departure from formal participation was whether one had sustained a career-ending injury. By examining degree of investment in playing professional sports and the academic orientation of that earlier sample, it was po…
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Leisure Meanings in Adolescence
The current study was intended to examine adolescent leisure meanings and to relate meanings and behavior to experience. Eighty-six high school juniors and seniors responded to a written questionnaire, and a subgroup of 24 volunteered to take part in an experience sampling (ESM) phase, responding to random signals over a seven day period. The ESM analysis showed that levels of relaxation, enjoyment, intrinsic motivation and happiness and seeing t…
Structured Leisure as a Context for the Development of Attention During Adolescence
This article employs data from two studies to examine the hypothesis that structured leisure activities, such as music, sports and creative activities, provide an important context for young adolescents' development of the capacity to direct and control attention. Study 1 examines age differences in the contexts where young adolescents experience "paying attention," employing time sampling data from 483 fifth to ninth graders. Findings show that …
Youths' Outlook on the Future IV
Narrative in Medicine
A qualitative investigation of the illness experience of injured elite collegiate athletes illustrates the relevance of narrative to clinical practice. The article demonstrates a method for systematically assessing illness narratives and provides evidence that story patterns of clinical significance result. By adding a narrative approach to the biomedical one, it is argued, both the psyche and the pathophysiology of the sufferer can be the subjec…
Leisure Orientations and Self-Esteem in Women with Low Incomes Who are Overweight
The view that leisure research has been androcentric has precipitated an increased interest in women's leisure. Likewise, recent concerns about socio-cultural diversity have underscored the importance of studying people who have been disenfranchised from the mainstream of society. This study examines the leisure orientations of women (n = 222) with low incomes who were not employed outside the home; they were predominately overweight and African …
Leisure and Identity Formation in Male and Female Adolescents
Identity formation is thought to be one of the major developmental tasks of adolescence. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the role of leisure activities in this critical developmental process. This study provides an initial examination of the relationship between participation in various categories of leisure activity and level of identity development for male and female adolescents. Survey (n = 73) and interview (n = 20) dat…
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