New Works
References included here were published in the last two years (2010+); see the Bibliography for earlier materials. Last updated January 2012.
Books
Davidson, L., & Stebbins, R. A. (2011). Serious leisure and nature: Sustainable Consumption in the Outdoors. Houndmills, Basingoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Duriex, M. & Stebbins, R. A. (2010). Social entrepreneurship for dummies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. (Publisher's description)
Stebbins, R. A. (2009). Personal decisions in the public square: Beyond problem into a positive sociology. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publications. (Publisher's description)
Stebbins, R. A. (2011). The Idea of Leisure. Brunswick, NJ: Transation Publications. (Publisher's description)
Articles & Chapters
Amsden, B., & McEntee, J. (2011). Agrileisure: Re-imagining the relationship between agriculture, leisure and social change. Leisure/Loisir, 35, 37-48.
Anderson, L. (2011). Time is of the essence: An analytic autoethnography of family, work, and serious leisure. Symbolic Interaction, 34, 133-157.
Anderson, L, & Taylor, J. D. (2010). Standing out while fitting in: Serious leisure identities and aligning actions among skydivers and gun collectors. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 39, 34-59.
Bailey, A. W., & Russell, K. C. (2010). Predictors of interpersonal growth in volunteer tourism: A latent curve approach. Leisure Sciences, 32, 352-368.
Borges de Costa, A.L. (2012). Circle Dance: A leisure occupation promoting well-being. LSA Newletter (Leisure Studies Association), 91 (March), 25-26.
Campbell, A. (2010). Volunteering at the stock camp: Negotiating social positions. World Leisure Journal, 52(3), 222-231.
Carnicelli-Filho, S. (2010). Rafting guides: Leisure, work and lifestyle. Annals of Leisure Research, 13, 282-297.
Cheng, E. H.-P., Patterson, I., Packer, J., & Pegg, S. (2010). Identifying the satisfactions derived from leisure gardening for older adults. Annals of Leisure Research, 13, 395-419.
Cheng, T-M, & Tsaur, S-H. (2012). The relationship between serious leisure characteristics and recreation involvement: A case study of Taiwan's surfing activities. Leisure Studies, 31, 53-68.
Chevalier, V., Le Manq, F., & Simonet, M. (2011). Amateurs, bénévoles et professionnelles: Analyse des carrières et usages des statuts. In A. Degenne, C. Marry, & S. Moulin (Eds.), Les catégories sociales et leurs frontières (pp. 147-164). Québec, QC : Les Presses de l’Université Laval.
Curtin, S. (2010). The self-presentation and self-development of serious wildlife tourists. International Journal of Tourism Research, 12, 17–33.
Derom, I., & Taks, M. (2011). Participants' experiences in two types of sportingevents: A quest for evidence of the SL-CL continuum. Journal of Leisure Research, 43, 383-402.
Dilley, R. E., & Scraton, S. J. (2010). Women, climbing and serious leisure. Leisure Studies, 29, 125-141.
Elkington, S. (2010). Articulating a systematic phenomenology of flow: An experience-process perspective. Leisure/Loisir, 34, 327-360.
Elkington, S. (2011). What it is to take the flow of leisure seriously. Leisure/Loisir, 35, 253-282.
Elsweiler, D., Wilson M. L. & Kirkegaard-Lunn, B. (2011). Understanding casual-leisure information behaviour. In Spink, A. and Heinstrom, J. (Eds.) New directions in information behaviour (pp. 211-241). Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Fenech, A. (2010). Inspiring transformations through participation in drama for individuals with neuropalliative conditions. Journal of Applied Arts and Health, 1(1), 63-80.
Fenech, A. (2011). Aquatic leisure satisfaction and engagement in neuropalliative disability management. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences (online journal).
Freire, T.M., & Stebbins, R.A. (2011). Activités de loisir optimales et développement positif des adolescents: Un rapprochement entre les perspectives psychologiques et sociologiques, In C. Martin-Krumm & C. Tarquinio (Eds.), Traité de psychologie positive. Bruxelles, Belgium: De Boeck.
Gallant, K., Smale, B., & Arai, S. (2010). Civic engagement through mandatory community service: Implications of serious leisure. Journal of Leisure Research, 42, 181-202.
Getz, D., & McConnell, A. (2011). Serious sport tourism and event travel careers. Journal of Sport Management, 25, 326-339.
Getz, D., & Andersson, T. (2010). The event-tourist career trajectory: A study of high-involvement amateur distance runners. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 10 (4), 468-491.
Gould, J., Moore, D., Karlin, N. J., Gaede, D. B., Walker, J., & Dotterweich, A. R. (2011). Measuring serious leisure in chess: Model confirmation and method bias. Leisure Sciences, 33, 332-340.
Grybovych, O., & Dieser, R. B. (2010). Happpiness and leisure: An ethnodrama, Act I. Leisure/Loisir, 34, 27-50.
Hartel, J. (2010). Hobby and leisure information and its users. In M. J. Bates, & M. N. Maack (Eds.), Encyclopedia of library and information science (3rd ed., Vol. 4, pp. 3263-3274). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Hartel, J. (2010). Managing documents at home for serious leisure: A case study of the hobby of gourmet cooking. Journal of Documentation, 66(6), pp. 847-874.
Hartel, J. (2010). Time as a framework for information science: Insights from the hobby of gourmet cooking. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science. Information Research, 15(4), colis715.
Heo, J., Lee, Y., Kim, B., & Chun, S. (2012). Contribution of relaxation on the subjective well-being of older adults. Activities, Adaptation,
& Aging, 36(1), 1-10.
Heo, J., & Lee, Y. (2010). Serious leisure, heath perception, dispositional optimism, and life satisfaction of Senior Games participants. Educational Gerontology, 36(2), 112-126.
Heo, J., Lee, Y, McCormick, B. P., & Pedersen, P. M. (2010). Daily experiences of serious leisure, flow and subjective well-being of older adults. Leisure Studies, 29, 207-225.
Heo, J., Youngkhill, L., Pedersen, P. M., & McCormick, B. P (2010). Flow experience in the daily lives of older adults: An analysis of the interaction between flow, individual differences, serious leisure, location, and social context. Canadian Journal of Aging, 29, 411-423.
Holmes, A. M. (2010). Cohesion, adhesion and incoherence: Magazine production with a Flickr special interest group. M/C Journal, 13(1), online journal.
Holmes, K., Smith, K. A., Lockstone-Binney, L., & Baum, T. (2010). Developing the dimensions of tourism volunteering. Leisure Sciences, 32, 255-269.
Hultsman, W.Z. (2012). Couple involvement in serious leisure: Examining participation in dog agility. Leisure Studies, 31, 231-253.
Jun, J., & Kyle, G. T. (2011). Understanding the role of identity in the constraint negotiation process. Leisure Sciences, 33, 309-331.
Kim, J., Dattilo, J., & Heo, J. (2011). Taekwondo participation as serious leisure for life satisfaction and health. Journal of Leisure Research, 43, 545-559.
Kleiber, D.A. (2012). Taking leisure seriously: New and older considerations about leisure education. World Leisure Journal, 54(1), 5-15.
Kraus, R. (2010). We are not strippers: How belly dancers manage a (soft) stigmatized serious leisure activity. Symbolic Interaction, 33, 435-455.
Lee, K. J., Dunlap, R., & Scott, D. (2011). Korean American males' serious leisure experiences and their perceptions of different play styles. Leisure Sciences, 33, 290-308.
Lockstone-Binney, L., Holmes, K., Smith, K., & Baum, T. (2010). Volunteers and volunteering in leisure: Social science perspectives. Leisure Studies, 29, 435-455.
Meyer, M. (2010). Caring for weak ties -- The natural history museum as aplace of encounter between amateur and professional science. SociologicalResearch Online, 15 (2), 9.
Misener, K., Doherty, A., & Hamm-Kerwin, S. (2010). Learning from the experiences of older adult volunteers in sport: A serious leisure perspective. Journal of Leisure Research, 42, 267-290.
Oh, C.-O., Sorice, M. G., & Ditton, R. B. (2011). Exploring progression along the recreation specialization continuum using a latent growth approach. Leisure Sciences, 33, 1-14.
Piskunova, I. (2010). Amateurism in Saratov local history research. In M. Stuart-Hoyle & J. Lovell (Eds.), Leisure experiences: Space, place and performance, LSA No. 109 (pp. 113-142). Eastbourne, UK: Chelsea School, University of Brighton.
Qian, X. L., & Yarnal, C. (2010). Benefits of volunteering as campus tour guides: The rewards of serious leisure. Leisure/Loisir, 34, 127-144.
Qian, X. L., & Yarnal, C. (2010). The dynamics of motivations to volunteer as campus tour guides. Annals of Leisure Research, 13, 298-319.
Reid, D. G., Golden, B. L., & Katerberg, L. (2010). Removing the scar: Social solidarity and leisure policy. In H. Mair, S. M. Arai, & D. G. Reid (Eds.), Decentring work: Critical perspectives on leisure, social policy, and human development (pp. 63-90). Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press.
Review of Stebbins, R.A., Serious Leisure: A Perspective for Our Time by Saulo Neves de Oliveira and Johannes Doll available at http://seer.ufrgs.br/Movimento/article/view/23641/17354 (in Portuguese).
Roberson, Jr., D. N. (2011). Free time in an art museum: Planning, gazing and interacting. Leisure Sciences, 33, 70-80.
Rowe, D. (2011). Serious leisure studies: The roads ahead less travelled. World Leisure Journal, 53, 23-26.
Schulz, J., Nichols, G. & Auld, C. (2011) Issues in the management of voluntary sports organisations and volunteers. In B. Houlihan & M. Green (eds.), Handbook of Sports Development (pp. 432-445). London: Routledge.
Scott, D., & Lee, J-H. (2010). Progress, stability, or decline? Sociological mechanisms underlying change in specialization among birdwatchers. Leisure Sciences, 32, 180-194.
Shen, X. S., & Yarnal, C. (2010). Blowing open the serious leisure-casual leisure dichotomy: What's in there? Leisure Sciences, 32, 162-179.
Stebbins, R. A. (2010). Canada’s world identity in sport: A legacy of winter. Asian Journal of Canadian Studies, 16 (1-2), pp. 1-30.
Stebbins, R. A. (2010). Fulfilling leisure for youth. YDI research brief number 6. AgriLife Research and Extension, Texas A&M University. [Available at http://www.ydi.tamu.edu/briefs-and-reports].
Stebbins, R. A. (2011). Loisirs sérieux: un exposé conceptuel. In A. Degenne, C. Marry, & S. Moulin (Eds.), Les catégories sociales et leurs frontières (pp. 121-146). Québec, QC : Les Presses de l’Université Laval.
Stebbins, R. A. (2011). The semiotic self and serious leisure. The American Sociologist, 42, 238-248.
Stein, K. (2011). Getting away from it all: The construction and management of temporary identities on vacation. Symbolic Interaction, 34, 209-308.
Stebbins, R.A. (2012). Leisure and happiness: An intricate relationship.” Journal of Zhejiang University, 42 (January), 31-43. (Chinese and English versions)
Tsaur, S.-H., Liang, Y.-W., & Lin, W.-R. (2012). Conceptualization and measurement of the recreationist-environment fit. Journal of Leisure Research, 44, 110-130.
Voigt, C., Howatt, G., & Brown, G. (2010). Hedonic and eudaimonic experiences among wellness tourists: An exploratory enquiry. Annals of Leisure Research, 13, 541-562
Wilson, M. L. and Elsweiler, D. (2010) Casual-leisure Searching: the Exploratory Search scenarios that break our current models. In: 4th International Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval, Aug 22 2010, New Brunswick, NJ. pp 28-31.
Dissertations & Theses
Butler, E. (2010). Equestrianism: Serious leisure and intersubjectivity. Masters thesis, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University (USA).
Cheng, H.-P. (Eva) (2010). Serious leisure, leisure satisfaction and gardening by older adults. Doctoral dissertation, School of Tourism, University of Queensland, Brisbane (Australia).
de Solier, I. (2010). The foodie lifestyle: Gastronomic education, serious consumption, and creative production. Doctoral dissertation, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne (Australia).
Gallant, K. A. (2011). Feelings of obligation related to volunteering as serious leisure within a communitarian framework. Doctoral dissertation, University of Waterloo (Canada).
Holt, N. A. (2011). Deep involvement in the World of Warcraft: An elfnography. Doctoral dissertation, Dept. of Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (USA).
Neves de Oliveira, S. (2010). Lazar sério e envelhecimento: Loucos por corrida. Masters thesis, Faculdade de Educação, Universidade federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil).
Oliveira, S. N. (2010). Aging and serious leisure : Crazy for run. Masters thesis, Faculdade de Educação, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). (in Portuguese)
