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Aguirre-Cardona, L. A., Rubio-Florido, I., & Puerto-Rodríguez, E. A. (2021). Leisure, work and simultaneous study in distance and virtual students/ Ocio, trabajo y estudio simultáneo de estudiantes en modalidad a distancia y virtual. Retos, 42, 375-383.
Aksu, H. S., Çuhadar, A., & Arıcı, M. (2022). An examination of positive and negative reciprocity norms as to serious leisure activities and demographic variables. Journal of Education and Recreation Patterns (JERP), 3(2), 33-47, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53016/jerp.v3i2.45.
Aksu, H. S., Kaya, A., & Demirel, M. (2023). Girişimcilik eğiliminin ciddi serbest zaman faaliyetleri ve süre değişkenleri açısından incelenmesi. Tourism and Recreation, 5(2), 106-113. https://doi.org/10.53601/tourismandrecreation.1382501, in Turkish with English abstract.
Akyildiz, M. (2013). The relationship between serious and casual participants’ personality characteristics with leisure satisfaction and life
satisfaction. PhD dissertation, School of Physical Education and Sport, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey. (in Turkish).
Akyıldız Munusturlar, M., & Argan, M. (2016). Development of the serious and casual leisure measure/Ciddi ve Kayıtsız Boş Zaman Ölçeği’nin Geliştirilmesi, World Leisure Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16078055.2015.1126759.
Alasuutari, P., Luomanen, J., & Peteri, V. (2013). Hobbies and vices, book lovers and nerds: Discursive management of the digital media
environment. Television and New Media September, 14(5), 457-475.
Ayyıldız Durhan, T., Özdemir, A. S., & Karaküçük, S. (2020). Ciddi boş zaman kariyeri ölçeği geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması. Turkish Studies - Social, 15(3), 953-963.
Bassi, M., & Della Fave A. (2013). Leisure optimal experience and psychological selection: Cultural and developmental perspectives. In T. Freire (Ed.), Positive leisure science: From subjective experience to social contexts (pp. 101-120). New York: Springer.
Bauckham, D. (2013). Serious leisure: The case of groundhopping. In Blackshaw, T. (Ed.), Routledge handbook of leisure studies (pp. 443-455). London: Routledge.
Bayram, A. (2022). Metaleisure: Leisure time habits to be changed with Metaverse Journal of Metaverse, 2(1), 1-7.
Beatty, J., & Torbert, W. (2013). Yin and Yang: The relationship of leisure and work. In T. Blackshaw (Ed.), Routledge handbook of leisure studies (pp. 468-480). Oxon, UK: Routledge.
Beaumont, E., & Brown, D.H.K. (2015). “Once a local surfer, always a local surfer”: Local surfing careers in a southwest English village. Leisure Sciences, 37(1), 68-86.
Beedie, P. (2008). Adventure tourism as a ‘new frontier’ in leisure. World Leisure Journal, 50(3), 173-183.
Bendle, L. J., & Patterson, I. (2009). Mixed serious leisure and grassroots organizational capacity: A study of amateur artist groups in a regional Australian city. Leisure Sciences, 31, 272-286.
Bendle, L. J, & Patterson, I. (2008). Network density, centrality, and communication in a serious leisure social world. Annals of Leisure Research, 11(1 & 2), 1-19.
Beverland, M. B., Fernandez, K. V., & Eckhardt, G. M. (2024). Consumer work and agency in the analog revival. Journal of Consumer Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcr/ucae003.
Biirrun, A. M., Cuenca-Amigo, M., & del Valle Doistua, R. S. S., (2017). Relacion entre las practicsas de ocio significativas de la juventude y el emprendimento social. El caso think big jovenes case. Objets. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, 12(extra 1), 151-176.
Brabham, D.C. (2012). The myth of amateur crowds. Information, Communication & Society, 15(3), 394-410.
Bramante, C A. (1999). O lazer levado a sério. Agitação. São Paulo: CIEE Nacional.
Breeze, M. (2015). Seriousness and women's roller derby: Gender, organization, and ambivalence. Houndmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Brett-MacLean. P.J. (2007). Art(ists) in the making: Exploring narratives of coming to art in later life. Doctoral dissertation, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of British Columbia.
Brkljačić, T., Lučić, L., & Sučić, I. (2017). Well-being, motives and experiences in live and online game settings: Case of contract bridge. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations, 9(4), DOI: 10.4018/IJGCMS.2017100102
Buchanan, T. (1985). Commitment and leisure behavior. Leisure Sciences, 7, 401-420.
Buchweitz, N., & Cohen-Gewerc, E. (2015). Leisure and posthumanism in Houellebecq's Platform and Lanzarote. CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, 17(4/3), 1-7. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305093149
Bunea, E. (2020). “Grace Under Pressure”: How CEOs use serious leisure to cope with the demands of their job. Frontiers in Psychology, 11,1453. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.0145.
Bunea, E., Khapova, S. N., & Lysova, E. I. (2018). Why CEOs devote so much time to their hobbies. Harvard Business Review, 8 October, online edition.
Burns, R., & Gallant, K. A. (2020). What’s a drink with friends?: A qualitative systematic synthesis of social drinking as leisure. Leisure Sciences, 42(5-6), 465-481.
Butler, E. 2010). Equestrianism: Serious leisure and intersubjectivity. Master thesis, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University (USA).
Byoungwook, A. (2018). A study of psychology factors for leisure activity participants: Serious leisure, leisure support, leisure facilitation, and leisure satisfaction. Asia-pacific Journal of Psychology and Counseling, 2(2), 187-192.
Caldwell, L. L. (2011). Leisure. In B. B. Brown & M. J. Prinstein (Eds.), Encyclopedia of adolescence, Vol. 2, (pp. 169-177). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Cantillon, Z., & Baker, S. (2020). Serious leisure and the DIY approach to heritage: Considering the costs of career volunteering in community archives and museums. Leisure Studies, 39(2), 266-279, DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2019.1694571.
Cappello, G. (2013). Surfin’ the Net: Youth and media leisure. In F.M. Lo Verde, I. Modi, & G. Cappello (Eds.), Mapping leisure across borders (pp. 66-97). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Cardoso, J. B. F., & Dell’Arno, F. (2023). Amador por vocação: A pintura como lazer sério. Art Research Journal: Revista De Pesquisa Em Artes, 10(1). ttps://doi.org/10.36025/arj.v10i1.26128. Article written in Spanish.
Carter, D. P. (2023). Sustaining civic recreation: Understanding what shapes climbers’ contributions to local resource stewardship and advocacy. Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 15(1), 77–93, https://doi.org/10.18666/JOREL-2023-11642.
Chang, H. H., & Chen, S. F. (2017). The comparison of flow experience in retirees’ serious and casual leisure participation. World Leisure Journal http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16078055.2017.1393876
Choi, S.-B. (2010). The casual relationships serious leisure and recreation specialization by golfer. Journal of Sport and Leisure Studies, 42(2), 1389-1399.
Choi, S-H. (2003). Investigation of the ‘serious leisure’ and ‘casual leisure.’ Korean Journal of Physical Education, 42, 489-496. (in Korean)
Chou, H-H., & Yu, P. (2005). Study on the learning experiences of serious leisure participants. Journal of Education and Psychology, 28(2), 297-324.
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Chu, D. (2013). Fanatical labor and serious leisure: A case of fansubbing in China. In F.L.F. Lee, L. Leung, J.L. Qiu, & D. Chu (Eds.), Frontiers in New Media Research (pp. 259-277). New York: Routledge.
Chun, B., Roh, E. Y., Spralls III, S. A., & Cheng, C.-I. (2021) Personal growth leisure experience in Templestay: International tourist outcomes, satisfaction, and recommendation, Journal of Leisure Research, 52(1), 77-96, DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2020.1746936.
Chun, S., Lee, Y., Kim, B., & Heo, J. (2012). The contribution of leisure participation and leisure satisfaction to stress-related growth. Leisure Sciences, 34, 436-449.
Codina, N. (1999). Tendencias emergentes en el comportamiento de ocio: El ocio serio y su evaluación. Revista de Psicología Social, 14, 331-346.
Codina, N., Pestana, J. V., & Stebbins, R. A. (2017). Serious and casual leisure activities in the construction of young adult identity: A study based on participants’ self-descriptions. OBETS: Revista de Ciencias Sociales, 12(1), 65-80.
Coffman, D. D. (2006). Voices of experience: Interviews of adult community band members in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. International Journal of Community Music, 4, Selected Papers and Abstracts from the Music and Lifelong Learning Symposium.
Cohen-Gewerc, E. (2019). The essence of leisure inspired by the esthetic paradigm. MIFGASH, 26(48), 39-58.
Cohen-Gewerc, E. (2020). Shabbat is a space without work. In T. Hayosh, E. Cohen-Gewerc, & G. Padva (Eds.), Leisure, conflict and change in Israeli leisure cultures.” London: Routledge.
Connell, J. (2017). Groundhopping: Nostalgia, emotion and the small places of football.
Leisure Studies, 36(4), 553-564.
Crouch, D., & Tomlinson, A. (1994). Collective self-generated consumption: Leisure space and cultural identity in late modernity. In I. Henry (Ed.), Leisure: Modernity, postmodernity and lifestyles leisure in different worlds (pp. 309–321). LSA Publications.
Cuenca-Amigo, M., Aristegui, I, Cuenca, M., & Amigo, M. L. (2017). The importance of leisure in older adults living in Spain. Annals of Leisure Research, 20(2), 222-239, DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2016.1217493
Cuenca, J., Kleiber, D.A., Monteagudo, M.J., Linde, B.D., & Jaumot-Pascual, N. (2014). The influence of meaningful leisure on the subjective well-being of older adults in the Basque Country of Northern Spain. World Leisure Journal, 56(2), 120-129.
Curran, R. et al (2018). The traditional marketplace: serious leisure and recommending authentic travel. Service Industries Journal, 38(15/16), 1116-1132.
Dai, Y.-Y., Wang, C.-T., J., Chen, H.-B., & Lee, M.-J. (2012). Review a theoretical model on the benefits and costs of recreational specialization: Example of water recreation activities from Penghu. Journal of Sport and Recreation Research, 6(3). 41-67. (abstract in English)
Da Silva, N., & Carbonneau, H. (2020). L’actualisation de soi des aînés québécois et leur sentiment d’efficacité dans un contexte ludique d’apprentissage d’une langue étrangère. Loisir et Société/Society and Leisure, 43(1), 36-50, DOI:10.1080/07053436.2020.1727652.
Davies, N. (2016). Who walks, where and why? Practitioners’ observations and perspectives on recreational walkers at UK tourist destinations. Annals of Leisure Research,Online edition, 14 November. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2016.1250648.
Davies, N. (2021). Understanding the diversity of recreational walking preferences and experiences: Casual and serious walkers in the English Lake district. In M. Baker, N. Carr, & E. J. Stewart (Eds.), Leisure activities in the outdoors: Learning, developing and challenging (Chap. 2). CABI: Wallingford, UK.
Derom, I., & Taks, M. (2011). Participants' experiences in two types of sporting events: A quest for evidence of the SL-CL continuum. Journal of Leisure Research, 43, 383-402.
Doistua, J., Lazcano, I., & Madariaga, A. (2022). Serious leisure and passion in university programs for seniors. International Journal of Environmental Research on Public Health, 19 (3573), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063573.
Donald, W. E., & Duck, N. J. (2024). Life is too short to be serious all the time: Donald Duck presents unconventional motivations for publishing in academia. GILE Journal of Skills Development, 4(1), 141–145, https://doi.org/10.52398/gjsd.2024.v4.i1.pp141-145.
Druckman, A., & Gatersleben, B. (2019). A time-use approach: High subjective wellbeing, low carbon leisure. Journal of Public Mental Health, 18(2), 85-93.
Dunlap, R., Harmon, J., & Camp, B. H. (2020). Cultivating self-reliance: Participation in urban agriculture as civil leisure. Annals of Leisure Research, 23(4), 530-543, DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2019.1613668.
Eiji Ito, Gordon J. Walker & Shintaro Kono (2019) A comparison of immediate and retrospective affective reports in leisure contexts, Journal of Leisure Research, 50:1, 48-55, DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2018.1552486
Elhanati, M. (2007). Respectable displays: The industrial exhibitions of the working people: Leisure, hobby and self-representation Britain, 1864-1873. Doctoral dissertation, School of History, Tel-Aviv University (Israel). (Extended abstract)
Elhanati, M. (2016). Critical theory and the digital culture-industry audience-work, serious leisure, and recognition. In U. Bittlingmayer et al. (Eds.), Handbuch kritische theorie (pp. 1-38). Wiesbaden: Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften. DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-12707-7_68-1
Elhanati, M. (2019). Critical theory and the digital culture-industry: Audience-work, serious leisure, and recognition. In Bittlingmayer, U., et al. (Eds.), Handbuch Kritische Theorie. Heidelberg: Springer, DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-12707-7_68-1.
Elisondo, R. C. (2018). Serious leisure, self-perceptions and everyday creativity. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 4(1), 52-73. Download at www.ijicc.net.
Elisondo, R. C., Chiecher, A. C. & Paoloni, P. V. R. (2018). Creatividad, ocio y rendimiento académico en estudiantes de ingeniería. ReiDoCrea, 7(3), 28-42. (in Spanish with English abstract)
Elkington, S. (2006). Exploring the nature of pre and post flow in serious leisure. In S. Elkington, I. Jones, & L. Lawrence, (Eds.). Serious leisure: Extensions and applications (pp.145-159). Eastbourne, UK: LSA Publications, University of Brighton.
Elkington, S. (2008). The need for theoretical quality when taking the flow of leisure seriously. In P. Gilchrist & B. Wheaton (Eds.), Whatever happened to the leisure society: Theory, debate and policy (LSA Publication No. 101) (pp. 135-164). Eastbourne, UK: Leisure Studies Association.
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.
Elkington, S., Jones, I., & Lawrence, L. (2006). Serious leisure: Extentions and applications. Eastbourne, UK: LSA Publications, University of Brighton. (Table of Contents / Chapters).
Elkington, S. (2014). Sites of serious leisure: Acting up in space and place. In S. Elkington & S.J. Gammon (Eds.), Contemporary perspectives in leisure: Meanings, motives and lifelong learning (pp. 93-111). London: Routledge.
Elkington, S. (2017). Flow theory and leisure. In K. Spracklen, B. Lashua, E. Sharpe, & S. Swain (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of leisure theory (pp. 417-436). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Ezra, D., & Slater, A. (2006). Similarities and differences among practitioners of serious leisure pursuits. In S. Elkington, I. Jones, & L. Lawrence (Eds.). Serious leisure: Extensions and applications (pp. 33-46). Eastbourne, UK: LSA Publications, University of Brighton.
Finlay, A.K., Ram, N., Maggs, J.L., & Caldwell, L.L. (2012). Leisure activities, the social weekend, and alcohol use: Evidence from a daily study of first-year college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 73, 250-259.
Fleming, S. (2006). Local politics and serious leisure: A case study from 1975. In S. Elkington, I. Jones, & L. Lawrence (Eds.). Serious leisure: Extensions and applications (pp. 85-104). Eastbourne, UK: LSA Publications, University of Brighton.
Foley, C., Darcy, S., Hergesell, A., Almond, B., McDonald, M., Nguyen, L. T., & Morgan-Brett, E. (2023). Extracurricular activities, graduate attributes and serious leisure: Competitive sport versus social-cultural clubs in campus life, Leisure Studies, 42(6), 971-988, DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2023.2168030.
Freire, T., Pereira, T., & Veppo, F. (2021). Crossing flourishing and boredom to understand optimal leisure experience in adolescence: A new approach. International Leisure Review, 10(1), 26-41, DOI: 10.6298/ILR.202106_10(1).0002.
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. (2017). Serious leisure: Past, present and possibilities. In K. Spracklen, B. Lashua, E. Sharpe, & S. Swain (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of leisure theory (pp. 437-455). Houndmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Gallant, K., Arai, S., & Smale, B. (2013). Celebrating, challenging and re-envisioning serious leisure. Leisure/Loisir, 37, 91-110.
Gallant, K., Arai, S., & Smale, B. (2013). Serious leisure as an avenue for nurturing community. Leisure Sciences, 35, 320-336.
Garcia, A.C. (2013). Explorers, detectives, matchmakers, and lion tamers: Understanding jigsaw puzzlers’ techniques and motivations. American Journal of Play, 5 (3), 308-332.
Gat, O. (2024). The leisure culture experiences of Bedouin children living in unregulated villages in the southern region (Negev) of the state of Israel. US-China Education Review A, 14(7), 411-432, doi: 10.17265/2161-623X/2024.07.001.
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Goff, S. J., Fick, D. S., & Oppliger, R. A. (1997). The moderating effect of spouse support on the relation between serious leisure and spouses' perceived leisure-family conflict. Journal of Leisure Research, 29, 47-60.
Gökçek, V., & Tavacıoğlu, L., (2018). A quantitative analysis on leisure participation of Turkish seafarers by structural equation modeling. Engineering Sciences (NWSAENS), 13(2), 137-155, DOI: 10.12739/NWSA.2018.13.2.1A0408.
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Gould, J. M. (2006). The serious effects of adventure racing. Trail Times(Fall), 5.
Gould, J., Moore, D., McGuire, F., & Stebbins, R. A. (2008). Development of the Serious Leisure Inventory and Measure. Journal of Leisure Research, 40(1), 47-68.
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.
Guercini, S., & Cova, B. (2018). Unconventional entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.06.021.
Guiry, M., Mägi, A. W., & Lutz, R. J. (2006). Defining and measuring recreational shopper identity. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 34(1), 74-83.
Guo, F.-K. (2021). An exploratory on the relationship between serious leisure and well-being in leisure activities. Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, volume 178, 406-409, Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Enterprise Management and Economic Development. DOI: 10.2991/aebmr.k.210601.072 (in Chinese, with English abstract).
Hamilton-Smith, E. (1993). In the Australian bush: Some reflections on serious leisure. World Leisure & Recreation, 35(1), 10–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10261133.1993.10559134.
Hamilton-Smith, E. (1995). The connexions of scholarship. Newsletter (Official newsletter of RC13 of the International Sociological Association), March, 4-9.
Harmon, J. (2020). A community five years later. Journal of Leisure Research, 51(5), 601-617, DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2020.1790328.
Harries, G. D., & Currie, R. R. (1998). Cognitive dissonance: A consequence of serious leisure. World Leisure & Recreation, 40(3), 36-41.
Hartel, J. (2003). The serious leisure frontier in library and information science: Hobby domains. Knowledge Organization, 30(3/4), 228-238.
Hartel, J. (2005). Serious leisure. In K. Fisher, S. Erdelez, & L. McKechnie (Eds.), Theories of information behavior: A researcher’s guide (pp. 313-317). Medford, NJ: Information Today.
Hayosh, T. (2008). "Went to seek the asses and found a kingdom" – The motivations for seeking serious leisure and what they mean for contemporary society. Doctoral dissertation. Haifa: University of Haifa, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Department of Sociology and Anthropology (in Hebrew).
Hayosh, T. (2017). Engagement is serious leisure as practice for coping with the stress of daily life. World Leisure Journal, 59(3), 206-217 | DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2017.1345485.
Hayosh, T. (2020). Mass vs. autonomous consumption of serious leisure: its unexpected byproduct. In T. Hayosh, E. Cohen-Gewerc, & G. Padva (Eds.), Leisure, conflict and change in Israeli leisure cultures.” London: Routledge.
Hegarty, C.B. (2008). The meaning of creative leisure for adults. Doctoral dissertation, School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Indiana University (October).
Heidari, K., Heydarinejad, S., Saffari, M., & Khatibi, A. (2021). Investigating the leisure behavior of Iranians: The structural model of serious leisure, recreation specialization and place attachment. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 13(1), 77-93, DOI: 10.1080/19407963.2019.1694030.
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Heley, J., & Jones, L. (2013). Growing older and social sustainability: considering the ‘serious leisure’ practices of the over 60s in rural communities. Social & Cultural Geography, 14(3), 276-299.
Henderson, S., & Spracklen, K. (2017). ‘If I had my way, I’d have been a killer’: Songwriting and its motivations for leisure and work. Leisure/Loisir, 41(2), 231-247.
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Işık, U. (2014). Investigation of personality traits of serious leisure participants studying at school of physical education and sports. Master's thesis, Dumlupınar University Institute of Health Sciences, Physical Education and Sports Departmen, Kütahya, Turkey.
Isik, U. (2018). How to Be a Serious Leisure Participant? (A Case Study). Journal of Education and Training Studies, 6(9), DOI. 10.11114/jets.v6i9.3453.
Işik, U., Kalkavan, A., & Demirel, M. (2020). Examining factor structure of serious leisure inventory short form (18-items) for Turkey sample: validity and reliability study. Spormetre-The Journal of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, 18(3), 136-145 (in Turkish with English Abstract).
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Iwasaki, Y., Messina, E., Shank, J., & Coyle, C. (2015). Role of leisure in meaning-making for community-dwelling adults with mental illness: Inspiration for engaged life. Journal of Leisure Research, 47, 538-555.
Jang, S. J., Song, I. C., Ahn, B. W. (2022). The relationship between serious leisure, leisure satisfaction, psychological happiness, and life satisfaction of the elderly. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange, 8(10), 259-268. doi: 10.47116/apjcri.2022.10.23.
Jang, Y. H., & Yoo, Y. E. (2023). Impact of emotional labor on happiness among early childhood educators: Moderating effect of serious leisure. The Journal of Korea Open Association for Early Childhood Education, 28(4), 61-80. 10.20437/KOAECE28-4-03. In Korean with English abstract.
Jones, I. (2000). A model of serious leisure identification: The case of football fandom. Leisure Studies, 19, 283-298.
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Kang, S., & James, P. (2020). Recreation specialization and serious leisure: examining visitors’ satisfaction and motivation with the skateboarding event. Journal of Tourism and Leisure Research, 32(2), 315-340. 10.31336/JTLR.2020.2.32.2.315. In Korean with English abstract.
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Kavlak, H. T., & Aksu, H. S. (2023). The effect of attitudes towards physical violence and demographic variables on serious leisure time activity choice. Journal of Education and Recreation Patterns (JERP), 4 (2), 495-50.
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