Kandy James
Biographic Data
| ID | 5857910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kandy James |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kandy |
| FAMILY NAME | James |
| SIGNATURE | JAMES K |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Edith Cowan University , Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cultural Differences in Physical Activity of Adolescents
This study explores the level of enjoyment and amount of physical activity of adolescents from two different cultures, Australia and Taiwan, replicating an earlier Australian study. A combined sample of 853 Australian and Taiwanese adolescent high-school students aged 15–16 years completed a questionnaire on physical activity. Australian students reported a higher level and enjoyment of physical activity, with boys scoring significantly higher th…
Samurai of Gentle Power
This exploratory study examined the many realities of women’s experiences in the maledominated domain of martial arts. It focussed on twelve aikidoka, women who participate in the modern Japanese martial art of aikido. The study was situated within a postmodern feminist framework. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with purposefully selected aikidoka from two Australian cities. The interviews were analysed and arranged under meta-themes th…
Adolescent Girls’ Leisure
In Australia adolescent girls are less fit than boys, and this is a matter of some concern. This has also been found in American and Canadian studies. Although many adolescent girls engage in physically active recreation activities in public places, others choose more passive recreation in private spaces, which has implications for their health. This article shows how a conceptual framework can be useful to provide a pictorial representation of t…
Anyone could be lurking around!”
Seventy percent per cent of Australian women fear attack after dark (1999). Leisure researchers have found that fear of violence after dark constrains women's recreational choices (Henderson, 1993). This paper explores the attitudes of a diverse group of almost 300 adolescent girls in Western Australia towards recreation outside the home at night. Their self-administered questionnaire responses showed that intrinsic constraints such as the fear o…
I Just Gotta Have My Own Space!”
This paper explores the importance of the bedroom as a leisure site for adolescent girls. It builds on an earlier study in which girls rated their bedrooms as the recreational space where they felt least self conscious and most chose to be (James, 1998). The intensely positive way in which most girls described their bedrooms triggered the in-depth follow-up study reported here. Interviews with girls, aged 15–16 years, found their choice of public…
You Can Feel Them Looking at You”
This paper explores the constraints that a sample of Western Australian high school girls experienced when using public swimming pools, and the strategies that they developed to negotiate these constraints. The data were collected from girls, aged 15–16 years, in focus groups and individual interviews. The girls were a subset of an earlier study that had found that 29% of girls would use pools more if boys were not around. For many of these girls…
You Can Feel Them Looking at You”
This paper explores the constraints that a sample of Western Australian high school girls experienced when using public swimming pools, and the strategies that they developed to negotiate these constraints. The data were collected from girls, aged 15–16 years, in focus groups and individual interviews. The girls were a subset of an earlier study that had found that 29% of girls would use pools more if boys were not around. For many of these girls…
I Just Gotta Have My Own Space!”
This paper explores the importance of the bedroom as a leisure site for adolescent girls. It builds on an earlier study in which girls rated their bedrooms as the recreational space where they felt least self conscious and most chose to be (James, 1998). The intensely positive way in which most girls described their bedrooms triggered the in-depth follow-up study reported here. Interviews with girls, aged 15–16 years, found their choice of public…
Samurai of Gentle Power
This exploratory study examined the many realities of women’s experiences in the maledominated domain of martial arts. It focussed on twelve aikidoka, women who participate in the modern Japanese martial art of aikido. The study was situated within a postmodern feminist framework. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with purposefully selected aikidoka from two Australian cities. The interviews were analysed and arranged under meta-themes th…
Anyone could be lurking around!”
Seventy percent per cent of Australian women fear attack after dark (1999). Leisure researchers have found that fear of violence after dark constrains women's recreational choices (Henderson, 1993). This paper explores the attitudes of a diverse group of almost 300 adolescent girls in Western Australia towards recreation outside the home at night. Their self-administered questionnaire responses showed that intrinsic constraints such as the fear o…
Cultural Differences in Physical Activity of Adolescents
This study explores the level of enjoyment and amount of physical activity of adolescents from two different cultures, Australia and Taiwan, replicating an earlier Australian study. A combined sample of 853 Australian and Taiwanese adolescent high-school students aged 15–16 years completed a questionnaire on physical activity. Australian students reported a higher level and enjoyment of physical activity, with boys scoring significantly higher th…
Adolescent Girls’ Leisure
In Australia adolescent girls are less fit than boys, and this is a matter of some concern. This has also been found in American and Canadian studies. Although many adolescent girls engage in physically active recreation activities in public places, others choose more passive recreation in private spaces, which has implications for their health. This article shows how a conceptual framework can be useful to provide a pictorial representation of t…
You Can Feel Them Looking at You”
This paper explores the constraints that a sample of Western Australian high school girls experienced when using public swimming pools, and the strategies that they developed to negotiate these constraints. The data were collected from girls, aged 15–16 years, in focus groups and individual interviews. The girls were a subset of an earlier study that had found that 29% of girls would use pools more if boys were not around. For many of these girls…
Anyone could be lurking around!”
Seventy percent per cent of Australian women fear attack after dark (1999). Leisure researchers have found that fear of violence after dark constrains women's recreational choices (Henderson, 1993). This paper explores the attitudes of a diverse group of almost 300 adolescent girls in Western Australia towards recreation outside the home at night. Their self-administered questionnaire responses showed that intrinsic constraints such as the fear o…
I Just Gotta Have My Own Space!”
This paper explores the importance of the bedroom as a leisure site for adolescent girls. It builds on an earlier study in which girls rated their bedrooms as the recreational space where they felt least self conscious and most chose to be (James, 1998). The intensely positive way in which most girls described their bedrooms triggered the in-depth follow-up study reported here. Interviews with girls, aged 15–16 years, found their choice of public…
Adolescent Girls’ Leisure
In Australia adolescent girls are less fit than boys, and this is a matter of some concern. This has also been found in American and Canadian studies. Although many adolescent girls engage in physically active recreation activities in public places, others choose more passive recreation in private spaces, which has implications for their health. This article shows how a conceptual framework can be useful to provide a pictorial representation of t…
Samurai of Gentle Power
This exploratory study examined the many realities of women’s experiences in the maledominated domain of martial arts. It focussed on twelve aikidoka, women who participate in the modern Japanese martial art of aikido. The study was situated within a postmodern feminist framework. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with purposefully selected aikidoka from two Australian cities. The interviews were analysed and arranged under meta-themes th…
Cultural Differences in Physical Activity of Adolescents
This study explores the level of enjoyment and amount of physical activity of adolescents from two different cultures, Australia and Taiwan, replicating an earlier Australian study. A combined sample of 853 Australian and Taiwanese adolescent high-school students aged 15–16 years completed a questionnaire on physical activity. Australian students reported a higher level and enjoyment of physical activity, with boys scoring significantly higher th…
Psychology (6 works) · Political science (4 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (3 works) · Recreation (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Affect (linguistics (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works)