Characteristics of Leisure Research: Trends over Three Decades

Karla A. Henderson ； Kelly McFadden

《International Leisure Review》 2卷2期 (2013/12) Pp. 119-134

https://doi.org/10.6298/ILR.2013.2.1

並列摘要

For almost a half century leisure research has been evolving. The purpose of this paper is to describe trends in selected characteristics of leisure research and theory in Leisure Sciences and the Journal of Leisure Research over the past 30 years. A content analysis of the literature from 2003-2012 is compared to previous reviews of these same journals. Small changes are occurring in the categories of theory application, methods used, and the nationalities and sex of the authors. More studies are focusing on theory and model development than in the past. Further, the use of interviews and contemporary methods (e.g., content analysis, observations, time diaries, ethnographies) has increased over the past decade. More research is published from outside the US than in the past. Finally, more research is being co-authored by teams of male and female collaborators with fewer publications from single males.

並列關鍵字

authorship ； gender ； methods ； nationality ； theory

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