Leisure Research Symposium schedule announced.The 2006 Leisure Research Symposium promises to offer a wide variety of topics for educators, professionals and students to choose from. Take a look at the schedule just announced for NRPA's Congress in Seattle, Wash.: OCT. 10, 12:45-2:00 P.M. Session 1: Women and Leisure I Engagement in Leisure: A Restorative Justice Approach to Working with Incarcerated Women Examining Pregnant Women's Use of Leisure as Resistance Incarcerated Women and Leisure: The making of "Good Girls" out of "Bad Girls"? Session 2: Higher Education New and Relocating Recreation and Parks Faculty: Factors Affecting Job Decisions Global Education: Developing Curricula for Study Abroad in a Post-9-11 Environment Session 3: Leisure, Religion and Spirituality Confucianism Confucianism (kənfy `shənĭzəm), moral and religious system of China. Its origins go back to the Analects (see Chinese literature), the sayings attributed to Confucius, and to ancient commentaries, including that of Mencius.: A friend or An Enemy to Leisure? Perceptions of Leisure Constraints by Members of New Paradigm Churches OCT. 10, 2:00-5:00 P.M. Research Roundtable Research to Practice: Let's Talk Healthy Lifestyles OCT. 10, 5:00-7:00 P.M. Poster Presentations Poster Session Coordinator, Kelly Bricker, Wild-U For information on specific topics, visit www.nrpa.org/spre. OCT. 11, 9:30-11:30 A.M. George Butler Lecture James Murphy, San Francisco State University Respondents: John Crompton, Texas A&M University Beth Kivel, California State University, Sacramento Dale Larsen, City of Phoenix OCT. 12, 8:30-9:45 A.M. Session 1: Race, Ethnicity and Leisure I Measuring Physical Activity in Public Neighborhood Parks: An Observational Study Perceptions of Intercultural Communication and Conflict Strategies among Park Staff and Latino and African American Park Users Understanding Racial Effects on Leisure Constraints Session 2: Women and Leisure II Women and Leisure: The Experiences of Older Single Women Across the Lifespan The Red Hat Society: Play, Fun, and Positive Emotion in Older Women's Leisure The New Age of "Raging": Older Women's Participation In The Raging Grannies Session 3: Outdoor Recreation I Examining the Effect of Minimum Impact Skills Knowledge on Perceptions of Setting Density Site Choice and Selected Preferences among Front-Country Campers Specialization and Activity Substitutability among Deer and Elk Hunters in Eight States OCT. 12, 10:15-11:30 A.M. Session 1: Outdoor Recreation II Recreational Displacement and Physical Avoidance of Situations: Further Development of the Displacement Construct in Recreation Research and Management Assessing the Contribution of the Physical Environment to Place Bonding Fostering Pro-Environmental Behavior: Place Attachment, Place Satisfaction, and Environmentally Responsible Behavior Session 2: Managerial and Employee Characteristics Multiple Dimensions of Commitment Among Contingent Recreation and Leisure Service Employees Money Ethic and Occupational Commitment Among Park and Recreation Professionals Management Competencies of Golf Course Directors Session 3: Adolescents and Leisure A Cross-National Comparison of Leisure Motivation Among Adolescents Adventure Recreation and Adolescent Identity Development White Water Rafting, Backpacking, Mountain Biking and the Good Life: Effects of a Wilderness Program Based on Principles from Positive Psychology on Disadvantaged Adolescents OCT. 12, 2:00-3:15 P.M. Session 1: Health and Physical Activity The Influence of Leisure in Improving Quality of Work Life in a Health Care Setting Health Culture and Leisure: Native American Elders' Voices Work Related v. Leisure Related Physical Activity Participation and Health-related Quality of Life in Older Workers Session 2: Leisure Involvement Among Individuals With Disabilities "I'm no different": Experiences of Girls with Disabilities in a Wheelchair Sports Program Children without Disabilities' Attitudes toward and Involvement in the Recreation of their Siblings with Disabilities Inclusion Retrospective: Participant, Peer, Parent, and Staff Perspectives on Long-term Inclusive Recreation Session 3: Youth Sports The Effect of Goal Orientation on Sportsmanship in Youth Sport Experiences The Impact of Parental Involvement and Parent-Child Agreement on Parental Pressure and Support in Youth Sports Children's Sport Participation: Is it a Level Playing Field? The Effects of Referees' Prosocial Behavior Techniques on Promoting Sportsmanship and Fun in Youth Basketball Players OCT. 12, 3:45-5:00 P.M. Session 1: Perspectives on Programming An Examination of Program Leaders' Intention to Process Recreation Experiences to Achieve Targeted Outcomes Perceived Constraints Associated with Participation in a University's Intramural Sports Program The Role of Government Policy in Sport and Leisure Violence Mitigation: A Seven Country Analysis Session 2: Leisure and Work in Later Life I Leisure Activities of the Aging Population Constraints to Outdoor Physical Activity: Differences between the Young-Old and Old-Old Leisure Activity, Health and Well-Being During the Transition to Widowhood Session 3: Technology, Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Evaluation of a Website for Its Potential to Create a Learning Community in Outdoor Recreation Management "Appreciation of the Small Details": Using Visitor Employed Photography to Evaluate Visitors' Perceptions of the Trail Environment and Their Effects on Experiences Online Travel Information Search Behaviors by Different Stages of the Destination Decision-making Process OCT. 13, 8:30-9:45 A.M. Session 1: Youth Development and Programming Intentionality and Targeted Youth Development Outcomes: Four Years at Morry's Camp Understanding the Influence of Implementation in Youth Programs: A Case Example The Perception of Park and Recreation Departments as Viable Partners in Offering After-School Programs Session 2: Outdoor Recreation III Toward an Understanding of Environmental Perceptions of Whitewater Kayakers A Comparative Analysis of Expected and Reported Responses to an Interpretive Talk Rethinking Recreation Carrying Capacity: Are we too concerned with numbers? Managing Visitors in Wildland Settings in the 21st Century Session 3: Leisure and Work in Later Life II Serious Leisure, Heath Perception, Dispositional Optimism, and Life Satisfaction of Senior Olympics and Masters Game Participants Innovation in Post Retirement Leisure OCT. 13, 10:15-11:30 A.M. Session 1: Behavioral Aspects of Festivals and Events Benefits Received and Behavioral Intentions of Festival Visitors in Relation to Distance Traveled and Their Origins The Intermediary Constructs in Determining Behavioral Intention to Visit a Festival Among First Time and Repeat Visitors Session 2: Family Leisure When Men Work at Home: Family, Leisure and Life Balance Among Male Teleworkers Examining Adolescent Perceptions of Mothers and Fathers Free Time Parenting Practices "Daddy's gone and he'll be back in October": Farmwomen's Experiences of Family Leisure Conflict Processing and Marital Satisfaction: A Study of Marital Conflict in Outdoor Winter Recreational Settings Session 3: Challenges To Research, Measurement And Theory I Multilevel Models: Considerations and Implications for Recreation and Leisure Research Self-Classification Measure of Recreation Specialization in the Context of Ultimate Frisbee Towards a Multiple Methods-Mixed Data Approach to Research in Youth Development Development of the Serious Leisure Inventory and Measure OCT. 13, 2:00-3:15 P.M. Session 1: Sport Systems and Organizations Moving from Silos to Synergies in the Canadian Sport System: Implications for Recreation Service Delivery Nostalgia and the Formation of First String, a Community Team Inc. Session 2: Challenges to Research, Measurement and Theory II Grounded Theory in Leisure Research: The Classical Grounded Theory Approach or QDA QDA - Quadratic Discriminate Analysis QDA - Quantitative Data Analysis QDA - Quantity Discount Agreement QDA - Quick Defect Analysis? Critical Theory, Therapeutic Recreation Research, and the Reproduction of Power Lessons Learned about the Research Process: Experiences using Triangulation with Ethnic Minority Communities Session 3: Cultural Dimensions of Leisure Meaning-Making and Life-Quality-Enhancement through Leisure in Cultural Contexts Hostel Travel and Cross-Cultural Understanding Understanding Customer Loyalty Development from a Cross-Cultural Perspective OCT. 13, 3:45-5:00 P.M. Session 1: Women, Gender and Constraints Women's Leisure and Constraints to Participation: Iranian Perspectives Body Image, Communal Resistance and Entitlement among Female Triathletes Gendered Differences in Travel Constraints to a Nature-based Tourist Destination Session 2: Race, Ethnicity and Leisure II "I Don't Want to Feel Like A Stranger": Korean Students Who Play Basketball Seriously Perceptions of Homosocial Reproduction as a Barrier to Upward Mobility for African Americans Race, Ethnicity and Vacation Destination Choice Session 3: Tourism Development and Tourist Behavior Social Exchange Theory: An Examination of Personal Benefits and Resident Attitudes towards Tourism Sensation Seeking and Tourism Revisited Quality Customer Service in Jamaican All-inclusive Resorts: Guests' and Staffs' Perceptions For more information on any session, visit www.nrpa.org/spre. |
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