Social Psychology
Achieved through experiences of pleasure and enjoyment
Hedonic Happiness
Autonomy, Relatedness & Competence
Basic Needs Theory; Ryan & Deci
An individual who is relaxed, patient, and easy going is likely to be this personality type
Type B
The two-way processes of cultural exchange that results when groups of people with different cultures come into continuous firsthand contact
Acculturation
The frequency with which something occurs in space
Density
A research method that is used to measure leisure experience in everyday life
Experience sampling method
Situations when both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are absent
Amotivation
A person’s physical and/or cognitive skills and ability to find or create challenging and interesting pursuits with which to fill their free time
Self Mode
The extent individuals value and wish to maintain their cultural identity
Cultural Maintenance
A subjective and negative judgment about the number of people in a given space
Crowding
Achieved through experiences of meaning and purpose
Eudaimonic Happiness
Perceived freedom & Intrinsic motivation
Athletes have been shown to be low in this big five personality trait
Neuroticism
Contact Participation
This describes public places that host regular, voluntary, informal and happily anticipated gatherings of individuals
Great Good Places
A feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of an activity
Flow
The most important factor deciding a person's self-efficacy. Simply put success raises motivation and self-efficacy, failure lowers it.
Mastery Experience
This big five personality trait is associated with leisure boredom and with higher alcohol consumption
Extroversion
When an immigrant prefers to hold on to their heritage culture and tries to keep the mainstream culture at bay
Oneness and unity attributed to place meaning
Spiritual Experience
A high standard of performance, a need to persevere & self-identification with the activity
Serious Leisure Characteristics
A professional baseball player who truly enjoys his game represents this state of mind
Work Job
An individual who enjoys reading, attending class, listening to music, playing guitar and engaging in cultural activities is likely to score high on this Big Five Trait
Openness to Experience
When individuals are able to adopt the cultural norms of the dominant or host culture while maintaining their culture of origin
Integration
This influences leisure behaviour
Distance