Leisure Constraints for Adolescents in Cape Town,South Africa: A Qualitative Study |
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| Authors: | Lori-Ann Palen Megan E. Patrick Sarah L. Gleeson Linda L. Caldwell Edward A. Smith Lisa Wegner |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Risk Behavior and Family Research Program , RTI International , Research Triangle Park, NC, USA;2. Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI, USA;3. Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA, USA;4. Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management, Department of Human Development and Family Studies , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA, USA;5. Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development, Department of Human Development and Family Studies , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA, USA;6. Occupational Therapy Department , University of the Western Cape , Bellville, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | This study identified leisure constraints, constraints negotiation strategies, and their relative frequencies among 114 high school students from one under-resourced area of South Africa. Through focus group discussions, participants identified intrapersonal, interpersonal, structural, and sociocultural constraints to leisure, suggesting some degree of universality in this previously documented typology. Intrapersonal constraints were mentioned most often. Whereas participants readily identified ways to overcome interpersonal and structural constraints, strategies for overcoming intrapersonal and sociocultural constraints were not mentioned frequently, suggesting a potential need to help adolescents identify and employ these types of strategies. |
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| Keywords: | adolescents leisure constraints leisure constraint negotiation South Africa |
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