Activity Qualities: Teens, young adults, and adults may find this task meaningful. This task would also be meaningful to businessmen. This activity may not be not enjoyable for the late baby boomers.…
Leisure interacts with identity development. Plays a key role n helping individuals develop their own sense of self, by offering freedom to explore, experiment with or try on different roles (Kelly)…
Enjoyment enhances how we feel about our lives. Those who take time to participate in leisure tend to report greater life satisfaction (Riddick 1986)…
In Western perspective, Godbey (2003) points out that leisure can be defined as a state of mind. It is about perceived freedom and a sense of controlling events without constraint or compulsion Godbey (2003). According to Lynch and Veal (2012), there are two attitudinal dimensions: intrinsic motivation and perceived freedom.…
* Leisure: free time activities/ pocket money and spending habits/ fashion/ new technology/ media/ holidays/ festivals/…
There are many sociocultural factors that influence the type of recreational activities we do, when we do it and how often we do it. The sociocultural factor that is most dominant in influencing my leisure and recreation is the environmental factor. Environmental factors that influence my leisure include the locality or area that I live in, the weather/climate, and also the family culture I was raised in. These factors facilitate the leisure activities I am able to do and constrain certain activities as well. The economic factor also has some influence on my leisure and recreation. I find interest in many recreational activities because it allows me to socialize and take apart of society.…
Interests: In my community people have different interests such as walking the dog, cycling, going to community classes and listening to music.…
The activities performed for leisure are divided into two categories; passive leisure time and active leisure time. The department of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (2013) defines passive leisure time as the time spent on rudimentary activities that require minimal mental and physical exertion. In contrast, active leisure time is the time spent on leisurely activities that require the use of physical or mental abilities such as playing sports or socializing. For the purpose of clarity, the term active leisure time will be referred to as recreation time in this paper as both terms encompasses similar meanings. From Sunday, January 6th to Saturday, January 12th, a large portion of my time was spent sleeping, attending classes or studying. On average, roughly eighteen hours per day were spent performing these activities this particular week. Leisure time occupied roughly twenty-two hours of the week with an average of three hours per day. This time map indicates that I am fortunate enough to have ample time for relaxation and leisure every day of the week. Similarly, time for recreational and physical activities occupied seventeen hours of the week with an average of two and a half hours per day. The Public Health Agency of Canada (2012) suggests that adults aged from eighteen to sixty-four years old should be performing moderate to intense activities at least two and a half hours per week to achieve health benefits. According to the time map, two and a half hours were spent every single day being moderately to rigorously active, indicating that I have a fairly active lifestyle.…
Leisure and recreation is an important part in everyone's day to day life. If you look at a typical persons schedule, they sleep for 8 hours and work/go to school for 8 hours. What does a person do for the rest of the 8? This is where leisure and recreation kicks in. Leisure is time spent away from work, business, or school and recreation is a specific activity done in leisure time. I will be sharing my own leisure inventory which include my current leisure activities, the benefits I get from them and how frequent I do them.. Then I will talk about my leisure needs and the plan I will pursue in order to accomplish my goals.…
The questions in an interest inventory ask about your likes and dislikes regarding various activities. The premise of this self assessment tool is that people who share similar interests will also enjoy the same type of work. Examples of interests are reading, running, playing golf, and knitting.…
Sports such as football, basketball, and windsurfing have become very popular. People not only improve social skills but also keep fit. Leisure is in a strong relationship with health and fitness, trying to help people maintain a balance between physic and psychic. All the physical activities people enhance in have the role to reduce daily routine.…
| Introduction of Sociology Because of their training and expertise, sociologists often stress their personal values in their research.…
each scale: interest which finds how much one likes the specified activities and skills which…
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My interests are gauged by how much time I spend on each of them, for example I spend a lot of my time on my computer, reading books and magazines in order toexpand my knowledge of a topic.…