John Haworth
Biographic Data
| ID | 5899411 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Haworth |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Haworth |
| SIGNATURE | HAWORTH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0693-6320 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Leisure in a post-work society
Modern understandings of leisure have formed in terms of its relationship to work. The effects of industrialization in the western world are well known, regulating time for leisure and, through urbanization, producing social scientific definitions of leisure as either a civic good or a social problem requiring surveillance and regulation. Current predictions of a rapid quantitative decline in work are therefore of serious social, economic and psy…
Everyday leisure and happiness in worktown
This paper presents an analytical comparison of two surveys of subjective perceptions of leisure and happiness. The first was undertaken in 1938 by Mass Observation for its ethnographic study of everyday working-class life in Bolton, or “Worktown”. Leisure was found to be important to happiness insofar as it formed part of an everyday communal life, working through friendship, the appreciation of music and enjoyment of nature, reading and involve…
Paid work, life-work and leisure
Living, working, leisure, and well-being are of increasing concern to educators, policy-makers, governments and people generally. The aim of this research note is to investigate the relationships between paid work, life work and leisure in terms of well-being associated with activity. The research used a modified experience sampling method for a one-week period with a staff group based in an educational institution. The data collection period inc…
The way we are now
‘The way we are now’ is an innovative photo‐ethnographic project. It originates from both practice led research into creativity, technology and embodied mind funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and research into well‐being, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The research into creativity is underpinned by the writings of Merleau‐Ponty, including his claim ‘that modes of thought correspond to technical methods’, and…
Work, Leisure and Well-Being
Both work and leisure are essential for well-being. Yet the ways in which we conceptualise work, leisure and well-being are in flux, reflecting, in part, the changing societal, economic and community contexts in which work and leisure take place. This paper first discusses the contested nature of work and leisure in relation to well-being, and then considers current evidence concerning the ways in which work and leisure are experienced in contemp…
Work And Leisure
Wellbeing and flow in sample of male and female office workers
The paper examines research into wellbeing and flow, considered as enjoyable challenging experiences. A questionnaire study is reported of the association between wellbeing in both work and leisure and flow in a sample of male and female office workers. Based on previous research it is hypothesized that flow is associated with wellbeing; flow is experienced more in work than in leisure; gender differences occur in the activities which give rise t…
Work, leisure and well-being
Beyond Reason
Our conception of how we come to know and understand things and act in innovative and creative ways is now undergoing critical change. Traditional views that conceive of the world as independent of the observer and conceive of perception as forming representations of pre-given properties of the world—much in the way that a camera records a picture of some object—are being challenged. It is now argued that perception and our knowledge of the world…
Leisure and Categorial Models of Mental Health
The paper briefly notes the complexity of the study of leisure and health. A line of research is then examined which emphasises the importance for mental health, measured on a range of dimensions, of aspects of the situation (categories of experience) and the person (locus of control), and their interaction. Two related models of mental health are outlined which focus on environmentally provided categories of experience reflective of human needs.…
Flow' experience in the daily lives of sixth-form college students
The Experience Sampling Method was employed to collect data from a sample of 35 sixth-form college students over a period of one week. This methodology involved the subjects answering questions printed in a diary on receipt of signals from a pre-programmed watch. They also completed a package of questionnaires related to psychological well-being. The aim of the study was to investigate whether the experience of situations where high challenge is …
Skill-Challenge Relationships and Psychological Well-being in Everyday Life
This paper reviews a number of studies conducted by the author and colleagues into the importance of “flow” and other skill-challenge relationships for positive subjective states and psychological well-being. Flow was operationalised as perceived high skills equal to perceived high challenges, and was measured by the Experience Sampling Method (ESM). Individuals carried watches for one week which were pre-programmed to “bleep” eight times a day. …
Work, leisure, and psychological well‐being in a sample of young adults
This study of 20 ‘white‐collar’ workers aged 20–30 measured motivation, enjoyment and access to various categories of experience in both work and leisure, and examined their relationship with psychological well‐being on a number of dimensions. The method used a short questionnaire, psychological scales and the innovatory ‘experience sampling methodology’ (ESM) where respondents answer questions in a diary on the receipt of a signal from a pre‐pro…
Variations in personal activity, access to ‘categories of experience’, and psychological well-being in young adults
Variations in personal activity, access to 'categories of experience', and psychological well-being were studied in 36 unemployed young adults and comparisons made with a matched employed sample. The unemployed sample were found to have worse psychological well-being and to have access to a significantly fewer number of Jahoda's five 'categories of experience' in comparison with the employed sample. Significant variations in activity, access to c…
Note to the papers by Evans and Haworth, and Haworth and Ducker
Psychological well-being and access to categories of experience in unemployed young adults
The study investigated the correlations between a range of important categories of experience and psychological well-being in 22 unemployed young adults. The methods used included questionnaires, psychological scales and Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM) where respondents answer a short series of questions in a diary on the receipt of signals from a personal bleeper. The results showed that in this sample ‘hope for the future’, ‘reduced finan…
Cognitive difficulties in samples of unemployed, middle-aged men
(1990). Cognitive difficulties in samples of unemployed, middle-aged men. Leisure Studies: Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 253-257
Meaningful activity and psychological models of non-employment
Study of the psychology of unemployment has been enhanced by the articulation of two models, one emphasizing personally generated activity: the ‘agency hypothesis’ of Fryer and Payne (1984); the other emphasizing ‘situational factors’: access to key categories of experience primarily provided by employment (Jahoda, 1982). This article broadens the debate to non-employment (unemployment and retirement) and points to a possible synthesis of models …
Time diary sampling of daily activity and intrinsic motivation in unemployed young adults
The Perceived Nature of Meaningful Pursuits and the Social Psychology of Commitment
This article discusses the need for the study by leisure researchers and others of the perceived nature of meaningful pursuits and the social psychology of commitment. In introducing reasons for this, key research literature is highlighted. Several aspects are then examined in further detail and current research directed by the author is outlined
Satisfaction statements and the study of angling in the United Kingdom
Using a slightly modified version of a list of satisfaction statements developed by Hawes (1978), and a piloted interview guide, a study was undertaken of a quota sample (N = 304) of coarse, sea, and game anglers in the United Kingdom (U.K.). Results indicated that there is a common range of satisfactions sought from the three types of angling. These included active factors such as adventure and excitement, uncertainty and chance to develop a ski…
Leisure and the Individual
The right of individuals and groups to participate in the choice of their leisure activities is generally acknowledged, even though certain organizational problems can result. Research on individual or collective participation in the creation of experiences and specific orientations is absolutely essential. On this level of reality, that of aspirations, desires and availability, it would be useless to attempt to find ready-made formulas to answer…
Conditioned Emotional Response Phenomena and Brain Stimulation
Electrodes were implanted into the septal region in one group of rats and into the lateral hypothalamic region in another group. After stabilizing for lever‐pressing rates on a variable interval (VI) schedule for brain stimulation, each group was split into two. One group of septal and one group of hypothalamic animals were given the conditioning procedure for a CER whilst they could not obtain brain stimulation, and the other groups were given t…
Wellbeing and flow in sample of male and female office workers
The paper examines research into wellbeing and flow, considered as enjoyable challenging experiences. A questionnaire study is reported of the association between wellbeing in both work and leisure and flow in a sample of male and female office workers. Based on previous research it is hypothesized that flow is associated with wellbeing; flow is experienced more in work than in leisure; gender differences occur in the activities which give rise t…
Meaningful activity and psychological models of non-employment
Study of the psychology of unemployment has been enhanced by the articulation of two models, one emphasizing personally generated activity: the ‘agency hypothesis’ of Fryer and Payne (1984); the other emphasizing ‘situational factors’: access to key categories of experience primarily provided by employment (Jahoda, 1982). This article broadens the debate to non-employment (unemployment and retirement) and points to a possible synthesis of models …
Psychological well-being and access to categories of experience in unemployed young adults
The study investigated the correlations between a range of important categories of experience and psychological well-being in 22 unemployed young adults. The methods used included questionnaires, psychological scales and Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM) where respondents answer a short series of questions in a diary on the receipt of signals from a personal bleeper. The results showed that in this sample ‘hope for the future’, ‘reduced finan…
The Perceived Nature of Meaningful Pursuits and the Social Psychology of Commitment
This article discusses the need for the study by leisure researchers and others of the perceived nature of meaningful pursuits and the social psychology of commitment. In introducing reasons for this, key research literature is highlighted. Several aspects are then examined in further detail and current research directed by the author is outlined
Flow' experience in the daily lives of sixth-form college students
The Experience Sampling Method was employed to collect data from a sample of 35 sixth-form college students over a period of one week. This methodology involved the subjects answering questions printed in a diary on receipt of signals from a pre-programmed watch. They also completed a package of questionnaires related to psychological well-being. The aim of the study was to investigate whether the experience of situations where high challenge is …
Work, leisure, and psychological well‐being in a sample of young adults
This study of 20 ‘white‐collar’ workers aged 20–30 measured motivation, enjoyment and access to various categories of experience in both work and leisure, and examined their relationship with psychological well‐being on a number of dimensions. The method used a short questionnaire, psychological scales and the innovatory ‘experience sampling methodology’ (ESM) where respondents answer questions in a diary on the receipt of a signal from a pre‐pro…
Variations in personal activity, access to ‘categories of experience’, and psychological well-being in young adults
Variations in personal activity, access to 'categories of experience', and psychological well-being were studied in 36 unemployed young adults and comparisons made with a matched employed sample. The unemployed sample were found to have worse psychological well-being and to have access to a significantly fewer number of Jahoda's five 'categories of experience' in comparison with the employed sample. Significant variations in activity, access to c…
Leisure in a post-work society
Modern understandings of leisure have formed in terms of its relationship to work. The effects of industrialization in the western world are well known, regulating time for leisure and, through urbanization, producing social scientific definitions of leisure as either a civic good or a social problem requiring surveillance and regulation. Current predictions of a rapid quantitative decline in work are therefore of serious social, economic and psy…
Paid work, life-work and leisure
Living, working, leisure, and well-being are of increasing concern to educators, policy-makers, governments and people generally. The aim of this research note is to investigate the relationships between paid work, life work and leisure in terms of well-being associated with activity. The research used a modified experience sampling method for a one-week period with a staff group based in an educational institution. The data collection period inc…
The way we are now
‘The way we are now’ is an innovative photo‐ethnographic project. It originates from both practice led research into creativity, technology and embodied mind funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and research into well‐being, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The research into creativity is underpinned by the writings of Merleau‐Ponty, including his claim ‘that modes of thought correspond to technical methods’, and…
Beyond Reason
Our conception of how we come to know and understand things and act in innovative and creative ways is now undergoing critical change. Traditional views that conceive of the world as independent of the observer and conceive of perception as forming representations of pre-given properties of the world—much in the way that a camera records a picture of some object—are being challenged. It is now argued that perception and our knowledge of the world…
Leisure and Categorial Models of Mental Health
The paper briefly notes the complexity of the study of leisure and health. A line of research is then examined which emphasises the importance for mental health, measured on a range of dimensions, of aspects of the situation (categories of experience) and the person (locus of control), and their interaction. Two related models of mental health are outlined which focus on environmentally provided categories of experience reflective of human needs.…
Skill-Challenge Relationships and Psychological Well-being in Everyday Life
This paper reviews a number of studies conducted by the author and colleagues into the importance of “flow” and other skill-challenge relationships for positive subjective states and psychological well-being. Flow was operationalised as perceived high skills equal to perceived high challenges, and was measured by the Experience Sampling Method (ESM). Individuals carried watches for one week which were pre-programmed to “bleep” eight times a day. …
Time diary sampling of daily activity and intrinsic motivation in unemployed young adults
Satisfaction statements and the study of angling in the United Kingdom
Using a slightly modified version of a list of satisfaction statements developed by Hawes (1978), and a piloted interview guide, a study was undertaken of a quota sample (N = 304) of coarse, sea, and game anglers in the United Kingdom (U.K.). Results indicated that there is a common range of satisfactions sought from the three types of angling. These included active factors such as adventure and excitement, uncertainty and chance to develop a ski…
Leisure and the Individual
The right of individuals and groups to participate in the choice of their leisure activities is generally acknowledged, even though certain organizational problems can result. Research on individual or collective participation in the creation of experiences and specific orientations is absolutely essential. On this level of reality, that of aspirations, desires and availability, it would be useless to attempt to find ready-made formulas to answer…
Conditioned Emotional Response Phenomena and Brain Stimulation
Electrodes were implanted into the septal region in one group of rats and into the lateral hypothalamic region in another group. After stabilizing for lever‐pressing rates on a variable interval (VI) schedule for brain stimulation, each group was split into two. One group of septal and one group of hypothalamic animals were given the conditioning procedure for a CER whilst they could not obtain brain stimulation, and the other groups were given t…
Leisure and the Individual
The right of individuals and groups to participate in the choice of their leisure activities is generally acknowledged, even though certain organizational problems can result. Research on individual or collective participation in the creation of experiences and specific orientations is absolutely essential. On this level of reality, that of aspirations, desires and availability, it would be useless to attempt to find ready-made formulas to answer…
Satisfaction statements and the study of angling in the United Kingdom
Using a slightly modified version of a list of satisfaction statements developed by Hawes (1978), and a piloted interview guide, a study was undertaken of a quota sample (N = 304) of coarse, sea, and game anglers in the United Kingdom (U.K.). Results indicated that there is a common range of satisfactions sought from the three types of angling. These included active factors such as adventure and excitement, uncertainty and chance to develop a ski…
The Perceived Nature of Meaningful Pursuits and the Social Psychology of Commitment
This article discusses the need for the study by leisure researchers and others of the perceived nature of meaningful pursuits and the social psychology of commitment. In introducing reasons for this, key research literature is highlighted. Several aspects are then examined in further detail and current research directed by the author is outlined
Meaningful activity and psychological models of non-employment
Study of the psychology of unemployment has been enhanced by the articulation of two models, one emphasizing personally generated activity: the ‘agency hypothesis’ of Fryer and Payne (1984); the other emphasizing ‘situational factors’: access to key categories of experience primarily provided by employment (Jahoda, 1982). This article broadens the debate to non-employment (unemployment and retirement) and points to a possible synthesis of models …
Time diary sampling of daily activity and intrinsic motivation in unemployed young adults
Cognitive difficulties in samples of unemployed, middle-aged men
(1990). Cognitive difficulties in samples of unemployed, middle-aged men. Leisure Studies: Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 253-257
Variations in personal activity, access to ‘categories of experience’, and psychological well-being in young adults
Variations in personal activity, access to 'categories of experience', and psychological well-being were studied in 36 unemployed young adults and comparisons made with a matched employed sample. The unemployed sample were found to have worse psychological well-being and to have access to a significantly fewer number of Jahoda's five 'categories of experience' in comparison with the employed sample. Significant variations in activity, access to c…
Note to the papers by Evans and Haworth, and Haworth and Ducker
Psychological well-being and access to categories of experience in unemployed young adults
The study investigated the correlations between a range of important categories of experience and psychological well-being in 22 unemployed young adults. The methods used included questionnaires, psychological scales and Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM) where respondents answer a short series of questions in a diary on the receipt of signals from a personal bleeper. The results showed that in this sample ‘hope for the future’, ‘reduced finan…
Work, leisure, and psychological well‐being in a sample of young adults
This study of 20 ‘white‐collar’ workers aged 20–30 measured motivation, enjoyment and access to various categories of experience in both work and leisure, and examined their relationship with psychological well‐being on a number of dimensions. The method used a short questionnaire, psychological scales and the innovatory ‘experience sampling methodology’ (ESM) where respondents answer questions in a diary on the receipt of a signal from a pre‐pro…
Skill-Challenge Relationships and Psychological Well-being in Everyday Life
This paper reviews a number of studies conducted by the author and colleagues into the importance of “flow” and other skill-challenge relationships for positive subjective states and psychological well-being. Flow was operationalised as perceived high skills equal to perceived high challenges, and was measured by the Experience Sampling Method (ESM). Individuals carried watches for one week which were pre-programmed to “bleep” eight times a day. …
Flow' experience in the daily lives of sixth-form college students
The Experience Sampling Method was employed to collect data from a sample of 35 sixth-form college students over a period of one week. This methodology involved the subjects answering questions printed in a diary on receipt of signals from a pre-programmed watch. They also completed a package of questionnaires related to psychological well-being. The aim of the study was to investigate whether the experience of situations where high challenge is …
Leisure and Categorial Models of Mental Health
The paper briefly notes the complexity of the study of leisure and health. A line of research is then examined which emphasises the importance for mental health, measured on a range of dimensions, of aspects of the situation (categories of experience) and the person (locus of control), and their interaction. Two related models of mental health are outlined which focus on environmentally provided categories of experience reflective of human needs.…
Work, leisure and well-being
Beyond Reason
Our conception of how we come to know and understand things and act in innovative and creative ways is now undergoing critical change. Traditional views that conceive of the world as independent of the observer and conceive of perception as forming representations of pre-given properties of the world—much in the way that a camera records a picture of some object—are being challenged. It is now argued that perception and our knowledge of the world…
Wellbeing and flow in sample of male and female office workers
The paper examines research into wellbeing and flow, considered as enjoyable challenging experiences. A questionnaire study is reported of the association between wellbeing in both work and leisure and flow in a sample of male and female office workers. Based on previous research it is hypothesized that flow is associated with wellbeing; flow is experienced more in work than in leisure; gender differences occur in the activities which give rise t…
Work And Leisure
Work, Leisure and Well-Being
Both work and leisure are essential for well-being. Yet the ways in which we conceptualise work, leisure and well-being are in flux, reflecting, in part, the changing societal, economic and community contexts in which work and leisure take place. This paper first discusses the contested nature of work and leisure in relation to well-being, and then considers current evidence concerning the ways in which work and leisure are experienced in contemp…
The way we are now
‘The way we are now’ is an innovative photo‐ethnographic project. It originates from both practice led research into creativity, technology and embodied mind funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and research into well‐being, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The research into creativity is underpinned by the writings of Merleau‐Ponty, including his claim ‘that modes of thought correspond to technical methods’, and…
Everyday leisure and happiness in worktown
This paper presents an analytical comparison of two surveys of subjective perceptions of leisure and happiness. The first was undertaken in 1938 by Mass Observation for its ethnographic study of everyday working-class life in Bolton, or “Worktown”. Leisure was found to be important to happiness insofar as it formed part of an everyday communal life, working through friendship, the appreciation of music and enjoyment of nature, reading and involve…
Paid work, life-work and leisure
Living, working, leisure, and well-being are of increasing concern to educators, policy-makers, governments and people generally. The aim of this research note is to investigate the relationships between paid work, life work and leisure in terms of well-being associated with activity. The research used a modified experience sampling method for a one-week period with a staff group based in an educational institution. The data collection period inc…
Leisure in a post-work society
Modern understandings of leisure have formed in terms of its relationship to work. The effects of industrialization in the western world are well known, regulating time for leisure and, through urbanization, producing social scientific definitions of leisure as either a civic good or a social problem requiring surveillance and regulation. Current predictions of a rapid quantitative decline in work are therefore of serious social, economic and psy…
Psychology (20 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Experience sampling method (7 works) · Flow Experience in Various Fields (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (5 works) · Sample (material (5 works)