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Author:

Watts, Clifton Edwin

Title:

Predicting Free Time Activity Involvement of Adolescents:The Influence of Adolescent Motivation, Adolescent Initiative, and Perceptions of Parenting

Graduate Program:

Leisure Studies

Keywords:

adolescents
leisure
parenting
self-determination

File:

Download WATTS_PHDTHESIS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda L Caldwell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Geoffrey Clay Godbey, Committee Member
Ralph Welby Smith, Committee Member
Susan L Hutchinson, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Dong, Erwei

Title:

LEISURE LIFESTYLES IN URBAN CHINA: A CASE STUDY IN HANGZHOU, CHENGDU, BEIJING, SHANGHAI, QINGDAO, AND SHENZHEN

Graduate Program:

Leisure Studies

Keywords:

leisure
China
constraints

File:

Download ErweiDongDissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Garry Chick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Geoffrey Clay Godbey, Committee Member
Duarte Morais, Committee Member
Edward Paul Durrenberger, Committee Member

Author:

Son, Julie Stafford

Title:

Physical Activity in Later Life: The Role of Constraints, Negotiation, Motivation, Selective Optimization with Compensation (SOC), Age and Gender

Graduate Program:

Leisure Studies

Keywords:

selective optimization with compensation
leisure
physical activity
constraints
negotiation
older adults

File:

Download Dissertation_Julie_Son.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah Lee Kerstetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Justin Mowen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melissa Hardy, Committee Member
Careen M Yarnal, Committee Member
Laura Payne, Committee Member

Author:

Mitas, Ondrej

Title:

POSITIVE EMOTIONS IN MATURE ADULTS’ LEISURE TRAVEL EXPERIENCES

Graduate Program:

Leisure Studies

Keywords:

aging
leisure
emotions
group travel
ethnography
older adults
mixed-effects linear growth models
tourism
mixed methods

File:

Download dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Careen M Yarnal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Careen M Yarnal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reginald Adams Jr., Committee Member
Dr Harry Zinn, Committee Member
Garry Chick, Committee Member

Author:

Liechty, Toni

Title:

Body Image and Leisure Among Older Women

Graduate Program:

Leisure Studies

Keywords:

leisure
older women
leisure constraints
body image
life course perspective

File:

Download Toni_Liechty_Dissertation_5-20-2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Careen M Yarnal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Careen M Yarnal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Barthalow Koch, Committee Member
Andrew Justin Mowen, Committee Member
Deborah Lee Kerstetter, Committee Member