Adolescence: Change and Continuity

Leisure

The Webster's pocket pal dictionary (1992) defines leisure as freedom from occupation; vacant time. In the U.S. today, leisure plays an important role in adolescent development.

Four sections focusing on leisure are included: influences, positives and negatives, sports, and further reading.

Links

Leisure, Narratives and the Construction of Identity Among Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth
By: Beth D. Kivel

This site brings up a specific topic leisure activities among homosexual and bisexaul adolescents. It gives interesting statistics on homosexuality in the United States and how that effects teens during their down-time. Written for anyone interested, this site gives a different perspective and more insight concerning gay youth.

Executive Summary
Maintained by: Mohawk Valley Community College

Technology having more of an impact on leisure activities among adolescents and this site is a great description of an upcoming survey/research project. It goes on to give a summary of data as well as investigate how gender plays a role in how male and female adolescents react to different types of technology used during their leisure time. Though this is mostly geared towards people who have some expierence in research techniques, it's extremely relevant to how that effects teens in our sociiety.

Adolescent Leisure: A Need
By: womenexel.com

This site gives a general but valid arguement on why adolescent's activities are a significant part of their developement. The info adds a lot of truth and understanding to the current information already available and understood by any audience.

This site was produced by students taking HDFS 433: The Transition to Adulthood and HDFS 239: Adolescent Development at the Pennsylvania State University. Feedback can be sent to the individual authors or to Nancy Darling (darling@bard.edu).

Last updated 4/16/01.