David J Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3609596 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David J Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | David J |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Idaho State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4311-0678 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The StrokeCog study: Development and description of a cognition-focused psychological intervention to address cognitive impairment following stroke
Objective To describe the process of developing a cognitive rehabilitation intervention for patients with post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) and to describe the intervention prior to evaluation in a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT). Method: The Medical Research Council framework, ‘Developing and evaluating complex interventions’, was used to develop the cognitive rehabilitation intervention. We conducted a combined analysis of the exi…
From Gym Rat to Rock Star! Negotiating Constraints to Leisure Experience via a Strengths and Substitutability Approach
This commentary shares my recent personal experience of having to find a new and realistic way to strength-train, my longstanding serious physically-active leisure preference, during the recent gym closures and widespread social restrictions in place due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. While thoroughly considering how to negotiate specific leisure experience constraints, I incorporate familiar concepts and processes from the strengths per…
Are Sex and Pornography Addiction Valid Disorders? Adding a Leisure Science Perspective to the Sexological Critique
Over the last 30 years, there has been a growing trend among both professionals and nonprofessionals in applying an addiction framework to understand frequent sexual behavior and pornography viewing. However, sexual scientists have identified serious methodological problems in applying an addiction model to such behavior and have noted that this movement appears to be largely morally, ideologically, and politically motivated. The scientific estab…
Positive Sexuality as a Guide for Leisure Research and Practice Addressing Sexual Interests and Behaviors
There is a growing interest among leisure scholars to investigate a wide range of diverse sexual topics from a leisure science perspective. However, leisure experts sometimes struggle with issues surrounding their topics that are firmly rooted in broader socio-historical controversies. Indeed, these controversies continue to play out in fierce academic and professional battles, referred to as the “sex wars,” that began several decades ago. Recent…
An Empirical Exploration of Leisure-Related Themes and Potential Constraints across Descriptions of Serial Homicide Cases
Forensic experts commonly state that many serial homicide offenders kill for the pleasure of it. At the same time, a small number of leisure scientists have suggested that serial murder may be a particular form of deviant leisure. Despite such suggestions, there has been little scholarly exploration of serial homicide from a leisure science perspective. This exploratory study adds to the existing literature by analyzing content of multiple key te…
Application of the Serious Leisure Perspective to Intrinsically Motivated Serial Homicide
This article briefly introduces the multidisciplinary field of leisure sciences before exploring how leisure theory, particularly the Serious Leisure Perspective, can provide important insights into better understanding some forms of serial homicide. It is well known that many serial homicide offenders kill for the pleasure and enjoyment that such behavior provides them. Such expressive cases can be understood as deviant casual, serious, or proje…
“Mediterranean Religions” or Abrahamic Traditions
Since we do not find a religion identified as Mediterranean alongside Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, we might want to conclude that it does not exist independently. Mediterranean religion is found in the complexities of the lived religion of the region rather than as a dogmatic cohesion.1 At the most basic level the term Mediterranean religion can be applied to those religions or mysticisms founded or widely practiced in the geography of the M…
Entering the Minds of Serial Murderers: The Application of Forensic Leisure Science to Homicide Research
Years ago, a small handful of leisure scholars suggested that serial murder may be a form of leisure. However, to date this possibility remains virtually unexplored. This article draws from recent research to share reflections and rich, new insights on how leisure science may provide important contributions to serial homicide researchers and law enforcement personnel. At the same time, exploring such intersections offers leisure scholars new ways…
The Future of Effective Social Work Practice: Broadening Multidisciplinary Collaboration and Increasing Flexibility
I believe that one of the greatest strengths of the social work profession is its generalist foundation, which welcomes and uses knowledge from other helping professions. Indeed, the generalist approach and its welcoming of relevant knowledge from multiple disciplines allows social workers flexibility in helping to resolve diverse potential issues at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Such flexibility and creativity have always been valuable to …
Moving Full-Speed Ahead in the Wrong Direction? A Critical Examination of US Sex-Offender Policy from a Positive Sexuality Model
Are we afraid of our selves? Self-narrative research in leisure studies
During the past decade, leisure scholars have started becoming more comfortable with applying to their work newer approaches to knowledge and research methodologies, many of which are being utilized in other social sciences. Self-narrative research, or autoethnography, is a form of inquiry that raises questions regarding separations and interactions of personal and professional identities. While personal narrative research has been in use since t…
Forensic Leisure Science: A New Frontier for Leisure Scholars
Often when asked about my professional work, I have difficulty providing a simple and succinct answer. My interests are interdisciplinary and cross disciplines. Lately when asked what I “do,” my re
Physical Activity Promotion in Social Work
Journal Article Physical Activity Promotion in Social Work Get access D. J. Williams, PhD, LCSW, D. J. Williams, PhD, LCSW postdoctoral fellow Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Address correspondence to Dr. Williams, E-424 Van Vliet Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H9, Canada; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…
Physical Activity as a Helpful Adjunct to Substance Abuse Treatment
While limited research exists on the topic of physical activity as an adjunct to substance abuse treatment, a review of relevant multidisciplinary literature indicates a logical rationale for its potential benefits to recovery from addiction. This article provides an overview of common variables that contribute to addictive disease and summarizes the relationship of regular physical activity to improvements on many of these variables. The stages …
Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale
The current study investigated the psychometric properties of the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale (IDP). An exploratory factor analysis ( N=358) found three factors underlying attitudes toward individuals with disabilities as measured by the IDP. These factors were labeled social discomfort, empathy, and fear of having the disability. The estimates of reliability were acceptable for the three factors. The putative factor struoture was rec…
Regulating the Accountability of Charitable Organisations: The Victorian Experience
This paper concentrates on the regulation of charitable organisations in the state of Victoria, where governments have sought to determine the bona fides of these organisations by obtaining their financial reports. A survey of the financial reports of registered Victorian charities indicates, however, that a significant proportion of charities do not supply this information. This deficiency indicates that government judgements about the bona fide…
Changes in real incomes and the demand for taxicabs
Voltaire and the Patronage of Pierre Corneille
THE GENERAL OUTLINES of Voltaire's position with regard to the baleful effects of patronage on France's national and cultural life are familiar to most students of the French literary scene in the eighteenth century. Voltaire's proposals for the reform of French traditions of patronising the arts were radical, and over the years he developed an angry polemic around the general problem of the continuing subservience of French artists to the privat…
Forensic Leisure Science: A New Frontier for Leisure Scholars
Often when asked about my professional work, I have difficulty providing a simple and succinct answer. My interests are interdisciplinary and cross disciplines. Lately when asked what I “do,” my re
Positive Sexuality as a Guide for Leisure Research and Practice Addressing Sexual Interests and Behaviors
There is a growing interest among leisure scholars to investigate a wide range of diverse sexual topics from a leisure science perspective. However, leisure experts sometimes struggle with issues surrounding their topics that are firmly rooted in broader socio-historical controversies. Indeed, these controversies continue to play out in fierce academic and professional battles, referred to as the “sex wars,” that began several decades ago. Recent…
Entering the Minds of Serial Murderers: The Application of Forensic Leisure Science to Homicide Research
Years ago, a small handful of leisure scholars suggested that serial murder may be a form of leisure. However, to date this possibility remains virtually unexplored. This article draws from recent research to share reflections and rich, new insights on how leisure science may provide important contributions to serial homicide researchers and law enforcement personnel. At the same time, exploring such intersections offers leisure scholars new ways…
The Future of Effective Social Work Practice: Broadening Multidisciplinary Collaboration and Increasing Flexibility
I believe that one of the greatest strengths of the social work profession is its generalist foundation, which welcomes and uses knowledge from other helping professions. Indeed, the generalist approach and its welcoming of relevant knowledge from multiple disciplines allows social workers flexibility in helping to resolve diverse potential issues at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Such flexibility and creativity have always been valuable to …
Are we afraid of our selves? Self-narrative research in leisure studies
During the past decade, leisure scholars have started becoming more comfortable with applying to their work newer approaches to knowledge and research methodologies, many of which are being utilized in other social sciences. Self-narrative research, or autoethnography, is a form of inquiry that raises questions regarding separations and interactions of personal and professional identities. While personal narrative research has been in use since t…
Moving Full-Speed Ahead in the Wrong Direction? A Critical Examination of US Sex-Offender Policy from a Positive Sexuality Model
From Gym Rat to Rock Star! Negotiating Constraints to Leisure Experience via a Strengths and Substitutability Approach
This commentary shares my recent personal experience of having to find a new and realistic way to strength-train, my longstanding serious physically-active leisure preference, during the recent gym closures and widespread social restrictions in place due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. While thoroughly considering how to negotiate specific leisure experience constraints, I incorporate familiar concepts and processes from the strengths per…
Are Sex and Pornography Addiction Valid Disorders? Adding a Leisure Science Perspective to the Sexological Critique
Over the last 30 years, there has been a growing trend among both professionals and nonprofessionals in applying an addiction framework to understand frequent sexual behavior and pornography viewing. However, sexual scientists have identified serious methodological problems in applying an addiction model to such behavior and have noted that this movement appears to be largely morally, ideologically, and politically motivated. The scientific estab…
An Empirical Exploration of Leisure-Related Themes and Potential Constraints across Descriptions of Serial Homicide Cases
Forensic experts commonly state that many serial homicide offenders kill for the pleasure of it. At the same time, a small number of leisure scientists have suggested that serial murder may be a particular form of deviant leisure. Despite such suggestions, there has been little scholarly exploration of serial homicide from a leisure science perspective. This exploratory study adds to the existing literature by analyzing content of multiple key te…
Physical Activity Promotion in Social Work
Journal Article Physical Activity Promotion in Social Work Get access D. J. Williams, PhD, LCSW, D. J. Williams, PhD, LCSW postdoctoral fellow Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Address correspondence to Dr. Williams, E-424 Van Vliet Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H9, Canada; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…
Voltaire and the Patronage of Pierre Corneille
THE GENERAL OUTLINES of Voltaire's position with regard to the baleful effects of patronage on France's national and cultural life are familiar to most students of the French literary scene in the eighteenth century. Voltaire's proposals for the reform of French traditions of patronising the arts were radical, and over the years he developed an angry polemic around the general problem of the continuing subservience of French artists to the privat…
Changes in real incomes and the demand for taxicabs
Regulating the Accountability of Charitable Organisations: The Victorian Experience
This paper concentrates on the regulation of charitable organisations in the state of Victoria, where governments have sought to determine the bona fides of these organisations by obtaining their financial reports. A survey of the financial reports of registered Victorian charities indicates, however, that a significant proportion of charities do not supply this information. This deficiency indicates that government judgements about the bona fide…
Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale
The current study investigated the psychometric properties of the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale (IDP). An exploratory factor analysis ( N=358) found three factors underlying attitudes toward individuals with disabilities as measured by the IDP. These factors were labeled social discomfort, empathy, and fear of having the disability. The estimates of reliability were acceptable for the three factors. The putative factor struoture was rec…
Physical Activity as a Helpful Adjunct to Substance Abuse Treatment
While limited research exists on the topic of physical activity as an adjunct to substance abuse treatment, a review of relevant multidisciplinary literature indicates a logical rationale for its potential benefits to recovery from addiction. This article provides an overview of common variables that contribute to addictive disease and summarizes the relationship of regular physical activity to improvements on many of these variables. The stages …
Forensic Leisure Science: A New Frontier for Leisure Scholars
Often when asked about my professional work, I have difficulty providing a simple and succinct answer. My interests are interdisciplinary and cross disciplines. Lately when asked what I “do,” my re
Physical Activity Promotion in Social Work
Journal Article Physical Activity Promotion in Social Work Get access D. J. Williams, PhD, LCSW, D. J. Williams, PhD, LCSW postdoctoral fellow Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Address correspondence to Dr. Williams, E-424 Van Vliet Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H9, Canada; e-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic…
Are we afraid of our selves? Self-narrative research in leisure studies
During the past decade, leisure scholars have started becoming more comfortable with applying to their work newer approaches to knowledge and research methodologies, many of which are being utilized in other social sciences. Self-narrative research, or autoethnography, is a form of inquiry that raises questions regarding separations and interactions of personal and professional identities. While personal narrative research has been in use since t…
Moving Full-Speed Ahead in the Wrong Direction? A Critical Examination of US Sex-Offender Policy from a Positive Sexuality Model
The Future of Effective Social Work Practice: Broadening Multidisciplinary Collaboration and Increasing Flexibility
I believe that one of the greatest strengths of the social work profession is its generalist foundation, which welcomes and uses knowledge from other helping professions. Indeed, the generalist approach and its welcoming of relevant knowledge from multiple disciplines allows social workers flexibility in helping to resolve diverse potential issues at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Such flexibility and creativity have always been valuable to …
Entering the Minds of Serial Murderers: The Application of Forensic Leisure Science to Homicide Research
Years ago, a small handful of leisure scholars suggested that serial murder may be a form of leisure. However, to date this possibility remains virtually unexplored. This article draws from recent research to share reflections and rich, new insights on how leisure science may provide important contributions to serial homicide researchers and law enforcement personnel. At the same time, exploring such intersections offers leisure scholars new ways…
“Mediterranean Religions” or Abrahamic Traditions
Since we do not find a religion identified as Mediterranean alongside Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, we might want to conclude that it does not exist independently. Mediterranean religion is found in the complexities of the lived religion of the region rather than as a dogmatic cohesion.1 At the most basic level the term Mediterranean religion can be applied to those religions or mysticisms founded or widely practiced in the geography of the M…
Application of the Serious Leisure Perspective to Intrinsically Motivated Serial Homicide
This article briefly introduces the multidisciplinary field of leisure sciences before exploring how leisure theory, particularly the Serious Leisure Perspective, can provide important insights into better understanding some forms of serial homicide. It is well known that many serial homicide offenders kill for the pleasure and enjoyment that such behavior provides them. Such expressive cases can be understood as deviant casual, serious, or proje…
Are Sex and Pornography Addiction Valid Disorders? Adding a Leisure Science Perspective to the Sexological Critique
Over the last 30 years, there has been a growing trend among both professionals and nonprofessionals in applying an addiction framework to understand frequent sexual behavior and pornography viewing. However, sexual scientists have identified serious methodological problems in applying an addiction model to such behavior and have noted that this movement appears to be largely morally, ideologically, and politically motivated. The scientific estab…
Positive Sexuality as a Guide for Leisure Research and Practice Addressing Sexual Interests and Behaviors
There is a growing interest among leisure scholars to investigate a wide range of diverse sexual topics from a leisure science perspective. However, leisure experts sometimes struggle with issues surrounding their topics that are firmly rooted in broader socio-historical controversies. Indeed, these controversies continue to play out in fierce academic and professional battles, referred to as the “sex wars,” that began several decades ago. Recent…
An Empirical Exploration of Leisure-Related Themes and Potential Constraints across Descriptions of Serial Homicide Cases
Forensic experts commonly state that many serial homicide offenders kill for the pleasure of it. At the same time, a small number of leisure scientists have suggested that serial murder may be a particular form of deviant leisure. Despite such suggestions, there has been little scholarly exploration of serial homicide from a leisure science perspective. This exploratory study adds to the existing literature by analyzing content of multiple key te…
The StrokeCog study: Development and description of a cognition-focused psychological intervention to address cognitive impairment following stroke
Objective To describe the process of developing a cognitive rehabilitation intervention for patients with post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) and to describe the intervention prior to evaluation in a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT). Method: The Medical Research Council framework, ‘Developing and evaluating complex interventions’, was used to develop the cognitive rehabilitation intervention. We conducted a combined analysis of the exi…
From Gym Rat to Rock Star! Negotiating Constraints to Leisure Experience via a Strengths and Substitutability Approach
This commentary shares my recent personal experience of having to find a new and realistic way to strength-train, my longstanding serious physically-active leisure preference, during the recent gym closures and widespread social restrictions in place due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. While thoroughly considering how to negotiate specific leisure experience constraints, I incorporate familiar concepts and processes from the strengths per…
Psychology (14 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (4 works)