Influence of Identiy to Leisure
Relationship between Leisure and Self-Identity
Leisure plays an important role in identity formation. According to Haggard & Williams(1992), we can construct contexts that provide us with information that believe and confirm who we are, and provide others with information that will agree them to understand us more accurately through leisure participation. But how the detail this process takes will be needed more descriptions and studies.
Some researchers, like Shaw, Caldwell, Kivel and Kleiber, reject that leisure participation always affords positive influence as some researches indicated or as we expected. From considering the issues about gender and/or sexual identity, “we know ourselves not only by what we do, but also by what we choose not to do”1. In their studies, therefore, the importance that we expect leisure participation can benefit to participants will be reduced.
Identity Formation
Everyone as an individual must have their inner life and interpersonal relationship with others, if they live in a real society. They needs to strive to understand themselves and be understood by others. Thus, they continually derives from any activities in which they participate as the resources to form or reform her identity. General speaking, successful identity formation should involve the integration of personal identity2 and social identity. The former refers to core characteristics of an individual, such as one believes themselves as a smart or a kind person. The latter refers to a view of self in relation to others/groups and social identification, e.g., being a student, a son, an athlete, a writer and so forth. According to Deaux, the formed identity is “integrated [personal and social], internal and reasonably permanent”.3
Identity formation is thought to be the major developmental tasks of adolescence. Adolescent period is usually divided into three parts: early, middle and late stages. The upper end of late adolescence is around 23 years of
Leisure plays an important role in identity formation. According to Haggard & Williams(1992), we can construct contexts that provide us with information that believe and confirm who we are, and provide others with information that will agree them to understand us more accurately through leisure participation. But how the detail this process takes will be needed more descriptions and studies.
Some researchers, like Shaw, Caldwell, Kivel and Kleiber, reject that leisure participation always affords positive influence as some researches indicated or as we expected. From considering the issues about gender and/or sexual identity, “we know ourselves not only by what we do, but also by what we choose not to do”1. In their studies, therefore, the importance that we expect leisure participation can benefit to participants will be reduced.
Identity Formation
Everyone as an individual must have their inner life and interpersonal relationship with others, if they live in a real society. They needs to strive to understand themselves and be understood by others. Thus, they continually derives from any activities in which they participate as the resources to form or reform her identity. General speaking, successful identity formation should involve the integration of personal identity2 and social identity. The former refers to core characteristics of an individual, such as one believes themselves as a smart or a kind person. The latter refers to a view of self in relation to others/groups and social identification, e.g., being a student, a son, an athlete, a writer and so forth. According to Deaux, the formed identity is “integrated [personal and social], internal and reasonably permanent”.3
Identity formation is thought to be the major developmental tasks of adolescence. Adolescent period is usually divided into three parts: early, middle and late stages. The upper end of late adolescence is around 23 years of