Francis A McGuire
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5857397 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Francis A McGuire |
| PRENOMES | Francis A |
| SOBRENOME | McGuire |
| ASSINATURA | MCGUIRE F A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Clemson University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 265 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1984 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Characteristics and cognition of older adults engaged in lifelong learning
Lifelong learning programs for older adults are suggested as a promising strategy to promote successful and active aging. This observational study utilized cross-sectional data from a nationwide survey administered to adults aged 65 and older who were recruited through nine Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes (OLLI). Data collected included general demographics, and measures of physical and mental health, cognitive ability, meaning and purpose, co…
“Beginners Are Many But Enders Are Few”
The last day of a course is often viewed as awkward, abrupt, and even antithetical to a course’s aims. More often than not, prime opportunities for reflection, reinforcement, reconciliation, and closure are typically subsumed to administrative tasks and end-of-course exhaustion. This paper summarizes the scant end-of-course literature, reviews the theoretical importance of ending a course well, and highlights a few “tried and true” end-of-course …
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 Effects of Yoga Participation on Women's Quality of Life and Symptom Management During the Menopausal Transition
Typically lasting 5-10 years, the menopausal transition is associated with symptoms including hot flashes, night sweats, and labile mood. As these symptoms often hinder a woman's successful functioning in everyday life, hormone therapy is commonly prescribed as a means to diminish symptoms. Many women, however, are seeking complementary and alternative treatments due to side effects and/or detrimental health-risks associated with conventional the…
The Enabling Potential of Constraints
The purpose of this brief note is to share findings of an exploratory study focusing on a new measurement instrument. This article describes a 13-item scale, Enabling Outcomes Scale (EOS), designed to measure the enabling potential of constraints. The content of the scale was shaped by theoretical discussions in Kleiber, McGuire, and Aybar-Damali (2004) and Kleiber, McGuire, Aybar-Damali, and Norman (2008), which suggest that constraints have ena…
Therapeutic Recreation in Education
Although therapeutic recreation (TR) services are provided in many different health and human service sectors, TR struggles with gaining acceptance by other human service fields, demonstrating efficacy of services, and inclusion in various disability policies, specifically within special education. There are many explanations for the underrepresentation such as poor advocacy for TR services, lack of specification in educational policy, and unreso…
The Link between Successful Aging and Serious Leisure
The purpose of this qualitative study is to examine whether engagement in a serious leisure activity provided older adults opportunities for successful aging. Data were collected through in-depth interviews at shag dance festivals in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. To provide structure for the interview, a general interview guide consisting of open-ended questions was used. A total of 31 interviews were conducted with 25 individuals and 6 cou…
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…
Development of the Serious Leisure Inventory and Measure
In this investigation, the serious leisure inventory and measure (SLIM) was developed from convenience and target samples. The multidimensional framework of serious leisure contains six qualities from which 18 operations were employed. With the use of a q-sort, an expert panel, and confirmatory factor analysis, the 72 item SLIM demonstrated acceptable fit, reliability and equivalence across samples. Mean differences and correlation patterns found…
The Relationship of Reciprocity to Intergenerational Interaction, Activity Enjoyment and Perceived Control
This study examined the relationship of reciprocity to intergenerational interaction, activity enjoyment, perceived situational control and age. Experiential Sampling Methodology was used to gather data from a sample of adults aged 45 and over and college students aged 18 to 25 in the southeastern United States. Reciprocity was related to activity enjoyment and perceived control over the activity. Participants reported higher levels of reciprocit…
A Family Model of Care
Concern for the deleterious effect of nursing homes on older adults' quality of life has resulted in a grassroots movement calling for a shift from the traditional medical model of care to that of a social model, thereby creating life enriching environments which foster meaningful relationships and activity engagement among residents, staff, and family members (Eaton, 1997; 2000; Kane, Kane, & Ladd, 1998; Pioneer Network, 2004). In this manuscrip…
What Do We Know? Not much
KEYWORDS: Aginggerontologyresearchcollaboration
Leisure in community life of older rural residents
Much of the research on leisure among older people has focused on the impact of leisure on psychological well‐being. However, there appears a need to examine leisure from a more sociological level in terms of its impact on the social structures in which elderly people are embedded. The purpose of this study was to examine leisure as a context for interaction within the community lives of two subgroups of older residents in one rural region of Sou…
Class Polarization and Leisure Activity Preferences of African Americans
This study breaks from the practice of making comparisons between races and focuses on the influence of gender, education, and income on the leisure activity preferences of African Americans. Applying the class polarization perspective, we expected to find significant differences between the leisure preferences of African Americans of different socioeconomic status. Further, we expected the differences to be greater between men of different socio…
Gender, race, and subjective social class and their association with leisure preferences
This study examines the leisure preferences of subgroups defined by gender, race, and subjective social class. The multiple hierarchy stratification perspective and the class polarization perspective provided the theoretical rationale for the study, and a secondary data set from a national probability telephone survey was used. The interviews obtained information regarding the leisure preferences of adults age 21 to 65. From 2,148 contacts, 1, 71…
Race, Class, and Leisure Activity Preferences
This study examines the relationship between race, leisure preferences, and class awareness. Based on interest-group theory of class identification, we hypothesized that blacks and whites who define themselves similarly in terms of social class would exhibit similar leisure activity preferences. Data to test this hypothesis came from a national probability survey of 1,607 U.S. adults. The results of the analysis showed similarities in leisure pre…
The Influence of Attitude Accessibility on Attitude-Behavior Relationships
Recreation researchers frequently employ the attitude concept in studying recreation phenomenon, yet there are times when attitude-behavior relationships are weak. One explanation for this is attitude accessibility, i.e. attitudes might not guide behavior because they are not accessed or available in memory. Factors affecting accessibility are direct experience and repeated pairing of an attitude with an object. These concepts were tested by exam…
Freedom to Be
First published in 1987. Following an introductory chapter on the nature of theory and the outline of the book, there are eight chapters on the explanatory approaches, or models, employed in this dialectical analysis of the leisure industry. These models focus on particular elements of leisure: experience, decision, development, identities, interaction, institutions, political forces, and human definitions. With a new preface to the re-issue by t…
Integrating Ceasing Participation With Other Aspects of Leisure Behavior
This paper replicates and extends parts of an earlier work by Jackson and Dunn (1988) which created a model for examining non-participation. Data from the 1982–83 Nationwide Recreation Survey were used to determine whether Jackson and Dunn's classification system of participants and non-participants could be replicated using outdoor recreation participation. In addition, the age based trends in ceasing and starting activities identified by Jackso…
Attracting the older traveller
Using Nationwide Recreation Survey Data in Developing Recreation Policy and Planning Options
The relationship of early life experiences to later life leisure involvement
Data from the 1982–1983 Nationwide Recreation Survey were used to determine whether late life differences in leisure behavior reflect a response to early life patterns or present‐day socioeconomic differences. Individuals aged 65 and over were categorized as either “expanders”; or “contractors”; based on their pattern of leisure involvement. Differences in lifelong learning of leisure activities between these two groups were examined. In addition…
Age of first hunting experience
Hunting participation, as indicated in the 1983 Nationwide Recreation Survey, is examined to determine the relationship between age of first hunting experience and adult level of participation. A statistically significant association between these two variables is found. In addition, more than 83 percent of those who hunt began their involvement by 18 years of age. The findings have implications for future hunting participation and the provision …
Leisure co‐participant preferences of the elderly
Leisure participation often occurs in the company of others. Therefore, identifying the nature of preferred others is important in understanding antecedent conditions which facilitate the leisure experience. A major characteristic in determining co‐participant preferences of the elderly is the preferred age of others involved in the activity. This study was conducted to determine whether older individuals prefer to interact with age‐peers or with…
Leisure and Aging
Development of the Serious Leisure Inventory and Measure
In this investigation, the serious leisure inventory and measure (SLIM) was developed from convenience and target samples. The multidimensional framework of serious leisure contains six qualities from which 18 operations were employed. With the use of a q-sort, an expert panel, and confirmatory factor analysis, the 72 item SLIM demonstrated acceptable fit, reliability and equivalence across samples. Mean differences and correlation patterns found…
Race, Class, and Leisure Activity Preferences
This study examines the relationship between race, leisure preferences, and class awareness. Based on interest-group theory of class identification, we hypothesized that blacks and whites who define themselves similarly in terms of social class would exhibit similar leisure activity preferences. Data to test this hypothesis came from a national probability survey of 1,607 U.S. adults. The results of the analysis showed similarities in leisure pre…
A factor analytic study of leisure constraints in advanced adulthood
Leisure lifestyles in a person's later years are often constrained by forces such as inadequate money, lack of transportation, and lack of knowledge. A body of knowledge related to leisure constraints in old age has been growing. This study was designed to advance the work in this area by determining whether commonalities exist which permit the reduction of specific limiting forces identified in previous research into broader constraint factors. …
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…
Integrating Ceasing Participation With Other Aspects of Leisure Behavior
This paper replicates and extends parts of an earlier work by Jackson and Dunn (1988) which created a model for examining non-participation. Data from the 1982–83 Nationwide Recreation Survey were used to determine whether Jackson and Dunn's classification system of participants and non-participants could be replicated using outdoor recreation participation. In addition, the age based trends in ceasing and starting activities identified by Jackso…
Class Polarization and Leisure Activity Preferences of African Americans
This study breaks from the practice of making comparisons between races and focuses on the influence of gender, education, and income on the leisure activity preferences of African Americans. Applying the class polarization perspective, we expected to find significant differences between the leisure preferences of African Americans of different socioeconomic status. Further, we expected the differences to be greater between men of different socio…
Gender, race, and subjective social class and their association with leisure preferences
This study examines the leisure preferences of subgroups defined by gender, race, and subjective social class. The multiple hierarchy stratification perspective and the class polarization perspective provided the theoretical rationale for the study, and a secondary data set from a national probability telephone survey was used. The interviews obtained information regarding the leisure preferences of adults age 21 to 65. From 2,148 contacts, 1, 71…
The relationship of early life experiences to later life leisure involvement
Data from the 1982–1983 Nationwide Recreation Survey were used to determine whether late life differences in leisure behavior reflect a response to early life patterns or present‐day socioeconomic differences. Individuals aged 65 and over were categorized as either “expanders”; or “contractors”; based on their pattern of leisure involvement. Differences in lifelong learning of leisure activities between these two groups were examined. In addition…
Attracting the older traveller
What Do We Know? Not much
KEYWORDS: Aginggerontologyresearchcollaboration
The Influence of Attitude Accessibility on Attitude-Behavior Relationships
Recreation researchers frequently employ the attitude concept in studying recreation phenomenon, yet there are times when attitude-behavior relationships are weak. One explanation for this is attitude accessibility, i.e. attitudes might not guide behavior because they are not accessed or available in memory. Factors affecting accessibility are direct experience and repeated pairing of an attitude with an object. These concepts were tested by exam…
Leisure in community life of older rural residents
Much of the research on leisure among older people has focused on the impact of leisure on psychological well‐being. However, there appears a need to examine leisure from a more sociological level in terms of its impact on the social structures in which elderly people are embedded. The purpose of this study was to examine leisure as a context for interaction within the community lives of two subgroups of older residents in one rural region of Sou…
Age of first hunting experience
Hunting participation, as indicated in the 1983 Nationwide Recreation Survey, is examined to determine the relationship between age of first hunting experience and adult level of participation. A statistically significant association between these two variables is found. In addition, more than 83 percent of those who hunt began their involvement by 18 years of age. The findings have implications for future hunting participation and the provision …
The Enabling Potential of Constraints
The purpose of this brief note is to share findings of an exploratory study focusing on a new measurement instrument. This article describes a 13-item scale, Enabling Outcomes Scale (EOS), designed to measure the enabling potential of constraints. The content of the scale was shaped by theoretical discussions in Kleiber, McGuire, and Aybar-Damali (2004) and Kleiber, McGuire, Aybar-Damali, and Norman (2008), which suggest that constraints have ena…
Therapeutic Recreation in Education
Although therapeutic recreation (TR) services are provided in many different health and human service sectors, TR struggles with gaining acceptance by other human service fields, demonstrating efficacy of services, and inclusion in various disability policies, specifically within special education. There are many explanations for the underrepresentation such as poor advocacy for TR services, lack of specification in educational policy, and unreso…
A factor analytic study of leisure constraints in advanced adulthood
Leisure lifestyles in a person's later years are often constrained by forces such as inadequate money, lack of transportation, and lack of knowledge. A body of knowledge related to leisure constraints in old age has been growing. This study was designed to advance the work in this area by determining whether commonalities exist which permit the reduction of specific limiting forces identified in previous research into broader constraint factors. …
Leisure co‐participant preferences of the elderly
Leisure participation often occurs in the company of others. Therefore, identifying the nature of preferred others is important in understanding antecedent conditions which facilitate the leisure experience. A major characteristic in determining co‐participant preferences of the elderly is the preferred age of others involved in the activity. This study was conducted to determine whether older individuals prefer to interact with age‐peers or with…
Using Nationwide Recreation Survey Data in Developing Recreation Policy and Planning Options
The relationship of early life experiences to later life leisure involvement
Data from the 1982–1983 Nationwide Recreation Survey were used to determine whether late life differences in leisure behavior reflect a response to early life patterns or present‐day socioeconomic differences. Individuals aged 65 and over were categorized as either “expanders”; or “contractors”; based on their pattern of leisure involvement. Differences in lifelong learning of leisure activities between these two groups were examined. In addition…
Age of first hunting experience
Hunting participation, as indicated in the 1983 Nationwide Recreation Survey, is examined to determine the relationship between age of first hunting experience and adult level of participation. A statistically significant association between these two variables is found. In addition, more than 83 percent of those who hunt began their involvement by 18 years of age. The findings have implications for future hunting participation and the provision …
Attracting the older traveller
Freedom to Be
First published in 1987. Following an introductory chapter on the nature of theory and the outline of the book, there are eight chapters on the explanatory approaches, or models, employed in this dialectical analysis of the leisure industry. These models focus on particular elements of leisure: experience, decision, development, identities, interaction, institutions, political forces, and human definitions. With a new preface to the re-issue by t…
Integrating Ceasing Participation With Other Aspects of Leisure Behavior
This paper replicates and extends parts of an earlier work by Jackson and Dunn (1988) which created a model for examining non-participation. Data from the 1982–83 Nationwide Recreation Survey were used to determine whether Jackson and Dunn's classification system of participants and non-participants could be replicated using outdoor recreation participation. In addition, the age based trends in ceasing and starting activities identified by Jackso…
The Influence of Attitude Accessibility on Attitude-Behavior Relationships
Recreation researchers frequently employ the attitude concept in studying recreation phenomenon, yet there are times when attitude-behavior relationships are weak. One explanation for this is attitude accessibility, i.e. attitudes might not guide behavior because they are not accessed or available in memory. Factors affecting accessibility are direct experience and repeated pairing of an attitude with an object. These concepts were tested by exam…
Race, Class, and Leisure Activity Preferences
This study examines the relationship between race, leisure preferences, and class awareness. Based on interest-group theory of class identification, we hypothesized that blacks and whites who define themselves similarly in terms of social class would exhibit similar leisure activity preferences. Data to test this hypothesis came from a national probability survey of 1,607 U.S. adults. The results of the analysis showed similarities in leisure pre…
Gender, race, and subjective social class and their association with leisure preferences
This study examines the leisure preferences of subgroups defined by gender, race, and subjective social class. The multiple hierarchy stratification perspective and the class polarization perspective provided the theoretical rationale for the study, and a secondary data set from a national probability telephone survey was used. The interviews obtained information regarding the leisure preferences of adults age 21 to 65. From 2,148 contacts, 1, 71…
Leisure in community life of older rural residents
Much of the research on leisure among older people has focused on the impact of leisure on psychological well‐being. However, there appears a need to examine leisure from a more sociological level in terms of its impact on the social structures in which elderly people are embedded. The purpose of this study was to examine leisure as a context for interaction within the community lives of two subgroups of older residents in one rural region of Sou…
Class Polarization and Leisure Activity Preferences of African Americans
This study breaks from the practice of making comparisons between races and focuses on the influence of gender, education, and income on the leisure activity preferences of African Americans. Applying the class polarization perspective, we expected to find significant differences between the leisure preferences of African Americans of different socioeconomic status. Further, we expected the differences to be greater between men of different socio…
What Do We Know? Not much
KEYWORDS: Aginggerontologyresearchcollaboration
The Relationship of Reciprocity to Intergenerational Interaction, Activity Enjoyment and Perceived Control
This study examined the relationship of reciprocity to intergenerational interaction, activity enjoyment, perceived situational control and age. Experiential Sampling Methodology was used to gather data from a sample of adults aged 45 and over and college students aged 18 to 25 in the southeastern United States. Reciprocity was related to activity enjoyment and perceived control over the activity. Participants reported higher levels of reciprocit…
A Family Model of Care
Concern for the deleterious effect of nursing homes on older adults' quality of life has resulted in a grassroots movement calling for a shift from the traditional medical model of care to that of a social model, thereby creating life enriching environments which foster meaningful relationships and activity engagement among residents, staff, and family members (Eaton, 1997; 2000; Kane, Kane, & Ladd, 1998; Pioneer Network, 2004). In this manuscrip…
The Link between Successful Aging and Serious Leisure
The purpose of this qualitative study is to examine whether engagement in a serious leisure activity provided older adults opportunities for successful aging. Data were collected through in-depth interviews at shag dance festivals in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. To provide structure for the interview, a general interview guide consisting of open-ended questions was used. A total of 31 interviews were conducted with 25 individuals and 6 cou…
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…
Development of the Serious Leisure Inventory and Measure
In this investigation, the serious leisure inventory and measure (SLIM) was developed from convenience and target samples. The multidimensional framework of serious leisure contains six qualities from which 18 operations were employed. With the use of a q-sort, an expert panel, and confirmatory factor analysis, the 72 item SLIM demonstrated acceptable fit, reliability and equivalence across samples. Mean differences and correlation patterns found…
Therapeutic Recreation in Education
Although therapeutic recreation (TR) services are provided in many different health and human service sectors, TR struggles with gaining acceptance by other human service fields, demonstrating efficacy of services, and inclusion in various disability policies, specifically within special education. There are many explanations for the underrepresentation such as poor advocacy for TR services, lack of specification in educational policy, and unreso…
The Enabling Potential of Constraints
The purpose of this brief note is to share findings of an exploratory study focusing on a new measurement instrument. This article describes a 13-item scale, Enabling Outcomes Scale (EOS), designed to measure the enabling potential of constraints. The content of the scale was shaped by theoretical discussions in Kleiber, McGuire, and Aybar-Damali (2004) and Kleiber, McGuire, Aybar-Damali, and Norman (2008), which suggest that constraints have ena…
The Effects of Yoga Participation on Women's Quality of Life and Symptom Management During the Menopausal Transition
Typically lasting 5-10 years, the menopausal transition is associated with symptoms including hot flashes, night sweats, and labile mood. As these symptoms often hinder a woman's successful functioning in everyday life, hormone therapy is commonly prescribed as a means to diminish symptoms. Many women, however, are seeking complementary and alternative treatments due to side effects and/or detrimental health-risks associated with conventional the…
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…
“Beginners Are Many But Enders Are Few”
The last day of a course is often viewed as awkward, abrupt, and even antithetical to a course’s aims. More often than not, prime opportunities for reflection, reinforcement, reconciliation, and closure are typically subsumed to administrative tasks and end-of-course exhaustion. This paper summarizes the scant end-of-course literature, reviews the theoretical importance of ending a course well, and highlights a few “tried and true” end-of-course …
Leisure and Aging
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