Serious and casual leisure activities in the construction of young adult identitya study based on participants’ self-descriptions

  1. Codina Mata, Núria 1
  2. Pestana, Jose V. 1
  3. Stebbins, Robert A. 2
  1. 1 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

  2. 2 University of Calgary
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    University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canadá

    ROR https://ror.org/03yjb2x39

Journal:
OBETS: Revista de Ciencias Sociales

ISSN: 1989-1385

Year of publication: 2017

Volume: 12

Issue: 3

Pages: 65-80

Type: Article

DOI: 10.14198/OBETS2017.12.1.12 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

Leisure activities and identity interact and structure young people’s lives. Empirical research on such interaction is scarce and contradictory. This paper explores the relationships between leisure activities with different levels of commitment (serious, casual) and identity traits. A total of 938 young people (476 men and 462 women) aged 18 to 24 (M = 21.13; DT = 1.98) completed a time budget (TB) and a self-description questionnaire about identity based on the Twenty-Statements Test, as well an association between the TB and the self-descriptions. The study shows the complementarity of serious and casual leisure in the formation of youth identities and gender differences.

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Funding information

This study was funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain conjointly with the European Regional Development Fund (project EDU2012-39080-C07-04).

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