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Article: The dynamic nature of leisure experience: an application of Affect Control Theory.
- Article from:
- Journal of Leisure Research
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
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Introduction
Having an enjoyable experience during leisure is often the ultimate goal of leisure participants. On the other hand, providing an enjoyable leisure experience is the ultimate goal of leisure resource managers. Consequently, the question of what constitutes leisure experience has been of great interest in leisure research as reflected in a special issue of the Journal of Leisure Research (Vol. 30, No. 4). In the issue, leisure experience was conceptualized as focus of attention, perceptions of risk and competence (McIntyre & Roggenbuck, 1998); information use (Vogt & Stewart, 1998); meanings associated with the challenges of leisure environments ...