Carolin Lusby
Biographic Data
| ID | 4170298 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolin Lusby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolin |
| FAMILY NAME | Lusby |
| SIGNATURE | LUSBY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida International University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9170-442X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mental Health, Resilient Coping and Hope Among Sao Paulo Residents During Covid-19 Social Distancing
The COVID-19 pandemic has globally impacted mental health. This study, conducted in Sao Paulo, investigated levels of anxiety, depression, resilient coping, and hope during the pandemic. The objective was to analyze the pandemic's effects on the mental health of São Paulo's population and explore coping strategies and hope. Data were collected among 1,434 adults between July 8 and August 8, 2020, using an online questionnaire that included sociod…
Benefits and opportunities of international volunteer tourism – sustainable travel post pandemic
This paper critically examines the volunteer tourism industry. It looks at its history and rapid development in order to shed light on the dark side if this industry. It shows that volunteering can be exploitative and oftentimes fails to deliver benefits to local communities due to a focus on profit and the demand side. It also demonstrates how meaningful projects are hard to find and what needs to be done to match and prepare volunteers more ade…
Benefits and threats of travel and tourism in a globalized cultural context
When we chose the theme for this special issue: “Benefits and threats of travel and tourism in a globalized context”, no one foresaw how current and appropriate this topic would be. Indeed, due to
Alcohol Consumption and Night-Time Leisure among Brazilian University Students
Leisure as a social transformation in the community
This case study describes the lived experiences and perceived outcomes of participants of a WL Congress Field School. The hands-on field school, referred to as social residence, took place in the neighbourhood of Perus, in São Paulo, Brazil. The paper documents the history and importance of the community, which fights for culture and leisure through its own form of resistance. Through a qualitative research approach, researchers observed field sc…
Consumer Perceptions of Cruise Line Sustainability
Recreation specialization in ocean cruising
This study investigated specialization theory [Bryan, H. (1979). Conflict in the great outdoors. Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Publishing Company; Bryan, H. (2000). Recreation specialization revisited. Journal of Leisure Research, 31, 18–21] in ocean cruisers. Cruisers have quit their jobs and traded in their land-based life for a life afloat cruising on their own boat to live a utopian dream [Macbeth, J. (2000). Utopian tourists – Cruising is not j…
Community, life satisfaction and motivation in ocean cruising
This quantitative study aims to build upon previous qualitative research on ocean cruisers. Ocean cruisers have made a conscious decision to lead a more self-determined life on the ocean, often cutting all ties with the life they left back on land. “Cruisers” were defined by the following criteria: they owned their own boats, lived aboard and were on the move. Using quantitative methods, 243 cruisers completed an online survey focusing on motivat…
Community and Quality of Life—The Case of Ocean Cruising
The study of community has received increasing attention from researchers in recent years. This study examined community within the subculture of ocean cruising. Cruisers have made a conscious decision to lead a more satisfying and self-determined life on the ocean, often cutting all ties with the life they left back on land. Cruisers own their own boats, live aboard and are constantly on the move. In-depth semi-structured interviews with 25 crui…
Alternative Lifestyles and Well-Being
This study investigated the alternative lifestyle of ocean cruising to learn about human satisfaction and well-being. Cruisers have made a conscious decision to quit their land-based life in an effort to lead a more self-determined and ultimately more satisfying lifestyle. Cruisers own their boats, live aboard and are constantly on the move to somewhere. An interpretive research paradigm using symbolic interactionism as a theoretical perspective …
Community and Quality of Life—The Case of Ocean Cruising
The study of community has received increasing attention from researchers in recent years. This study examined community within the subculture of ocean cruising. Cruisers have made a conscious decision to lead a more satisfying and self-determined life on the ocean, often cutting all ties with the life they left back on land. Cruisers own their own boats, live aboard and are constantly on the move. In-depth semi-structured interviews with 25 crui…
Alternative Lifestyles and Well-Being
This study investigated the alternative lifestyle of ocean cruising to learn about human satisfaction and well-being. Cruisers have made a conscious decision to quit their land-based life in an effort to lead a more self-determined and ultimately more satisfying lifestyle. Cruisers own their boats, live aboard and are constantly on the move to somewhere. An interpretive research paradigm using symbolic interactionism as a theoretical perspective …
Community, life satisfaction and motivation in ocean cruising
This quantitative study aims to build upon previous qualitative research on ocean cruisers. Ocean cruisers have made a conscious decision to lead a more self-determined life on the ocean, often cutting all ties with the life they left back on land. “Cruisers” were defined by the following criteria: they owned their own boats, lived aboard and were on the move. Using quantitative methods, 243 cruisers completed an online survey focusing on motivat…
Leisure as a social transformation in the community
This case study describes the lived experiences and perceived outcomes of participants of a WL Congress Field School. The hands-on field school, referred to as social residence, took place in the neighbourhood of Perus, in São Paulo, Brazil. The paper documents the history and importance of the community, which fights for culture and leisure through its own form of resistance. Through a qualitative research approach, researchers observed field sc…
Community and Quality of Life—The Case of Ocean Cruising
The study of community has received increasing attention from researchers in recent years. This study examined community within the subculture of ocean cruising. Cruisers have made a conscious decision to lead a more satisfying and self-determined life on the ocean, often cutting all ties with the life they left back on land. Cruisers own their own boats, live aboard and are constantly on the move. In-depth semi-structured interviews with 25 crui…
Alternative Lifestyles and Well-Being
This study investigated the alternative lifestyle of ocean cruising to learn about human satisfaction and well-being. Cruisers have made a conscious decision to quit their land-based life in an effort to lead a more self-determined and ultimately more satisfying lifestyle. Cruisers own their boats, live aboard and are constantly on the move to somewhere. An interpretive research paradigm using symbolic interactionism as a theoretical perspective …
Community, life satisfaction and motivation in ocean cruising
This quantitative study aims to build upon previous qualitative research on ocean cruisers. Ocean cruisers have made a conscious decision to lead a more self-determined life on the ocean, often cutting all ties with the life they left back on land. “Cruisers” were defined by the following criteria: they owned their own boats, lived aboard and were on the move. Using quantitative methods, 243 cruisers completed an online survey focusing on motivat…
Recreation specialization in ocean cruising
This study investigated specialization theory [Bryan, H. (1979). Conflict in the great outdoors. Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Publishing Company; Bryan, H. (2000). Recreation specialization revisited. Journal of Leisure Research, 31, 18–21] in ocean cruisers. Cruisers have quit their jobs and traded in their land-based life for a life afloat cruising on their own boat to live a utopian dream [Macbeth, J. (2000). Utopian tourists – Cruising is not j…
Consumer Perceptions of Cruise Line Sustainability
Alcohol Consumption and Night-Time Leisure among Brazilian University Students
Leisure as a social transformation in the community
This case study describes the lived experiences and perceived outcomes of participants of a WL Congress Field School. The hands-on field school, referred to as social residence, took place in the neighbourhood of Perus, in São Paulo, Brazil. The paper documents the history and importance of the community, which fights for culture and leisure through its own form of resistance. Through a qualitative research approach, researchers observed field sc…
Benefits and opportunities of international volunteer tourism – sustainable travel post pandemic
This paper critically examines the volunteer tourism industry. It looks at its history and rapid development in order to shed light on the dark side if this industry. It shows that volunteering can be exploitative and oftentimes fails to deliver benefits to local communities due to a focus on profit and the demand side. It also demonstrates how meaningful projects are hard to find and what needs to be done to match and prepare volunteers more ade…
Benefits and threats of travel and tourism in a globalized cultural context
When we chose the theme for this special issue: “Benefits and threats of travel and tourism in a globalized context”, no one foresaw how current and appropriate this topic would be. Indeed, due to
Mental Health, Resilient Coping and Hope Among Sao Paulo Residents During Covid-19 Social Distancing
The COVID-19 pandemic has globally impacted mental health. This study, conducted in Sao Paulo, investigated levels of anxiety, depression, resilient coping, and hope during the pandemic. The objective was to analyze the pandemic's effects on the mental health of São Paulo's population and explore coping strategies and hope. Data were collected among 1,434 adults between July 8 and August 8, 2020, using an online questionnaire that included sociod…
Sociology (7 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Cruise Tourism Development and Management (4 works) · Law (4 works)