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LEISURE ACTIVITIES IN HIGH-STRENGTH, MIDDLE-STRENGTH, AND LOW-STRENGTH FAMILIES
Abstract
This study sought to examine the relationship between leisure activity participation and levels of family strength. A secondary focus was to examine the effects of other independent variables that might affect leisure activity participation in families. The sample was composed of 500 men and women from 42 states. The data were collected during the summer of 1983 by means of a self-administered questionnaire. Percentages, frequencies, Pearson Product-moment correlation coefficient, and two-way analysis of covariance were used in the analysis of data. Significant positive relationships were found between family strength and leisure activity participation. Significant positive relationships were found between family strength and eight leisure activity subscales: (a) mass media activities, (b) social activities, (c) outdoor activities, (d) sports activities, (e) cultural activities, (f) hobbies, (g) parallel activities, and (h) joint activities. Significant differences were found in seven of the eight leisure subscales according to level of family strength. Significant differences were found in leisure activity participation according to (a) sex, (b) age, (c) religious preference, and (d) level of family strength. No significant differences were found in leisure activity participation according to (a) number of children, (b) residence, (c) region of nation, and (d) present marital status. Family strengths and family-strengthening activities identified in open-ended questions coincided with other family strength studies. Findings indicate the need for: (1) programs designed and conducted which encourage greater leisure activity participation as a family; (2) more research on leisure activity categorical and interactional effects; and (3) studies including a sample representative of various races, social-economic classes, and weak families.
Subject Area
Families & family life|Personal relationships|Sociology
Recommended Citation
LYNN, WILLIAM DENNIS, "LEISURE ACTIVITIES IN HIGH-STRENGTH, MIDDLE-STRENGTH, AND LOW-STRENGTH FAMILIES" (1983). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8404836.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8404836