How do playful people play? Gendered and racial leisure perspectives, motives, and preferences of college students

Lynn A. Barnett

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Abstract

Playfulness is an aspect of personality that predisposes individuals to reframe boring situations into more amusing ones for themselves. This study extends knowledge about the playfulness construct by contrasting college students who were high or low in playfulness relative to the activity preferences they make, the motives they have, and their perspectives on their leisure time. Significant differences were found in perspectives and motives but not in activity preferences, leading to the conclusion that playfulness relates more to how individuals view their leisure and what they seek than in what they do. Only minor differences due to gender or race were observed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)382-401
Number of pages20
JournalLeisure Sciences
Volume33
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2011

Keywords

  • Boredom
  • Gender
  • Leisure activities
  • Leisure motives
  • Leisure participation
  • Playfulness
  • Race

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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