Job Satisfaction,Leisure Satisfaction,and Psychological Health

Job satisfaction, leisure satisfaction, and psychological health were measured for 189 adult men who were employed full time. Job satisfaction and leisure satisfaction were found to be significant positive predictors of psychological health. Stepwise regression analyses indicated that job satisfaction was the better predictor of psychological health, but leisure satisfaction added significantly to the prediction. Although job satisfaction was significantly higher for white-collar (professional) workers than for blue-collar workers, the prediction of psychological health by the independent variables was not affected by occupational status. Theoretical and counseling implications are discussed.     

Leisure, recreation, and play from a developmental context

Participation in activities and experiences defined as play, recreation,and leisure has important developmental implications for youth. Elements and characteristics of leisure experiences contribute directly to the development of identity, autonomy, competence,initiative, civic duty, and social connections. Whether in informal or formal, appropriately structured and organized programs,leisure experiences can help facilitate adolescent development in these areas. For example, one of the defining elements of leisure is that it is characterized by free choice and self-determination. Programs that promote leadership, choice, autonomy, and initiative can help adolescents deal with developmental challenges associated with this age group. Leisure experiences can also promote civic engagement and provide important peer-to-peer, peer to-adult, and peer-to-community connections. The social context of leisure is important to adolescent development in that it provides opportunities to learn empathy, loyalty, and intimacy in their group activities, as well as to negotiate with peers, resolve conflict,and work together for communal goals. In addition, adolescents often report positive emotional experiences in leisure, which can serve as a relief from the stress they feel in other areas of their lives and contribute to positive psychological adjustment and well-being. A case study is used to show how planned, purposive programs can be used as critical components of efforts to contribute to adolescent development.     

Serious Leisure and Work

This article looks at the complex relationship between serious leisure and work, with an eye to examining its implications for social life and practice. First, the serious leisure perspective (a theoretic framework that synthesizes three main forms: serious, casual, and project-based leisure) is described. Then, occupational devotion is examined. It consists of a strong, positive attachment to a form of self-enhancing work, where the sense of achievement is high and the core activity (set of basic tasks) is endowed with such intense appeal that the line between this work and leisure is virtually erased. Devotee work roots most immediately in amateur, hobbyist, and volunteer pursuits. Next some of the ways that people bridge devotee work and their leisure are considered. Careers are then discussed. These careers originate in serious leisure and, for some people, extend into work. After considering some others ways of bridging devotee work and serious leisure, two main implications of the link between these two are taken up.     

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绿色亚运绿色保健——盛会带给我们健康新观念

广州亚运提出绿色亚运的理念,即强调:在亚运设施建设中,注重环境保护、实现减排低碳、节约能源资源;在亚运宣传中,增强人们环保意识、绿色发展意识、绿色保健意识;在以亚运为载体的城市改造中,以解决危害群众健康和影响可持续发展的环境问题为重点,促进环境质量持续改善,推进宜居城乡建没,优化经济发展环境.     

Leisure,School, and Work Activity Preferences and Their Role in Vocational Identity Development

Elements of an expanded construct of adolescent vocational identity were examined in terms of their interrelationships with each other, as well as relationships with preferences among leisure, school, and work activities, engagement in those activities, and identity status. Investigating a sample of 660 7th through 12th graders, we found that vocational interests, occupational self-efficacy, and occupational prestige were closely associated with each other, with school and leisure interests, and with actual engagement in corresponding (exploratory) activities. We also found that adolescents did not draw significant distinctions between leisure, school, and work activities. The role of school and vocational exploration in adolescents' self-chosen vocational identity is discussed.     

Volatility,House Edge and Prize Structure of Gambling Games

This study used simulations to examine the effect of prize structure on the outcome volatility and the number of winners of various game configurations. The two most common prize structures found in gambling games are even money payoff games (bet 1; win1; win 2) found on most table games and multilevel prizes structures found in gambling machine games. Simulations were set up to examine the effect of prize structure on the long-term outcomes of these games. Eight different prize structures were compared in terms of the number of winners and volatility. It was found that the standard table game and commercial gambling machines produced fairly high numbers of short term winners (1 h), but few long term winners (50 h). It was found that the typical even money game set up produced the lowest level of volatility. Of the multilevel prize structures examined, the three simulations based on commercial gambling machines were the least volatile. The results are examined in terms of the pragmatics of game design.     

Geographic Games and Tests

In the age of accountability, there is increased pressure to deliver high-quality education in a limited time period is greater than ever before. Teachers are often left to struggle with issue of determining what knowledge is necessary, and to what depth it may be explored in the classroom. There is a need for strategies to both incorporate the best forms of historical knowledge and to cope with the increased demands on our teachers. The purpose of this article is to examine the idea of what constitutes “historical knowledge,” the issues of breadth and depth, and to suggest strategies for history teachers on how to deal with the challenge of finding the “right” balance between breadth and depth in their history courses.     

Leisure activity and adjustment in retirement

A sample of retired persons in a southern metropolitan area responded to a questionnaire designed to investigate the interrelationship between level of leisure activity and adjustment in retirement Adjustment was measured by two indices, life satisfaction and alienation. The survey's results show that persons who have more leisure activities are more satisfied with their lives and are less alienated than those who have few leisure activities.     

我国休闲文化发展:现状、特征与展望

改革开放30多年来,我国的休闲文化得到了巨大的发展,从休闲文化内部各要素看,主要表现为:休闲产业与休闲经济发展迅速,休闲物质基础渐趋厚实;休闲消费和休闲生活成为国民的重要生活方式,休闲成为一种社会建制;国民休闲意识与休闲满意度增强,休闲素质与休闲文明提高。从休闲文化总体特征上看,表现在三个方面:中西融合、与时俱进、形成"以人为本、全面发展"的当代休闲文化内涵与风格;多元并存与主流引导,形成"和而不同、和谐包容"的当代休闲文化格局;休闲文化整体质量不高,内部差异显著,发展措施有所偏差。     

The Semiotic Self and Serious Leisure

Examinations of the self and leisure are uncommon, not to mention those bearing on leisure and the semiotic self. The goal of this article is to help correct this deficiency. To this end, the serious leisure perspective is presented, followed by a discussion of how it is related to the semiotic self as formulated by Norbert Wiley. The principal vehicle by which this is accomplished is by way of the meaning of leisure. Moreover participants in serious leisure find there a powerfully attractive leisure career, an experience that is unavailable in the other two forms: casual and project-based leisure. This career frames the development of the semiotic self through leisure.     

雅典奥运会的交通规划、模拟和管理

一、导言 为奥运赛事规划和管理交通设施是一项非常复杂而又艰巨的任务,几乎所有主办城市都面临着十分严峻的交通问题,要考虑为不断增长的交通需求提供可以接受的服务.为了组织好由于奥运赛事而在时间和空间上所集中产生的交通量,必须事先进行大量系统而又周密的研究工作,并且要对现有交通设施进行合理的改善.     

Family Leisure and Changing Ideologies of Parenthood

This paper examines the significant role that family leisure plays in family life, and the ways in which family time, family activities, and family vacations reflect and contribute to changing ideologies of parenthood (including ideologies of motherhood and fatherhood). Research on this topic has shown family leisure to be a parental commitment, organized and constructed for the benefit of children and for the family as a whole. At the same time, family leisure has contradictory meanings and outcomes, because of the work involved and the difficulties associated with organizing and facilitating positive family experiences. Moreover, the work of family leisure falls disproportionately to mothers, reducing their personal time and personal leisure. It is argued that family leisure is a new obligation of parenthood, and one that has important implications for understanding ideas, beliefs and practices associated with intensive motherhood and involved fatherhood.     

成人初显期青年闲暇参与的动源因素

成人初显期对于青年来说是一段至关重要且脆弱的阶段,闲暇参与是该阶段青年进行自我探索的重要方式,但关于其动源因素的研究非常匮乏.采用深度访谈法探索成人初显期青年闲暇参与行为的研究结果发现,成人初显期闲暇参与受到同伴影响较大,其动机是为了获得群体认同、安全感与更好的情感表达;青年在闲暇时间内注重学习与自我积累,以积极的态度迎接未来,但是普遍背负着由"隐形承诺"所引起的巨大心理压力,成人初显期青年达成或暂时忘记"隐形承诺"时,可以达到逃离承诺与压力的效果,否则将进入"休闲困境",无法获得全身心的放松.