An analysis of leisure constraints based on different recreational sport participation levels: Results from a study in Greece

Alexandris, Konstantinos; Carroll, Bob

doi:10.1080/01490409709512236

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“…Alexandris and Carroll (1997a) found in a study in Greece in which nonparticipants experienced significantly more intrapersonal constraints than participants. Constraints were experienced most frequently by women, lower educated people, the elderly and people with a minority background, indicating a relationship between the experience of constraints and social class (Alexandris & Carroll, 1997b;Casper, Bocarro, Kanters, & Floyd, 2011;Shores, Scott, & Floyd, 2007).…”

Section: Subjective Constraintsmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…Interpersonal constraints relate to the constraints stemming from the dependency on other people, such as the inability to find a partner to take part in a sports activity. Structural constraints correspond to spatial determinants and include problems related to the accessibility of sports facilities, transport, financial resources and the quality of sports facilities or supplied activities but also time constraints (Alexandris & Carroll, 1999, 1997a, 1997b. Structural constraints thus refer to the perception of objective external issues such as travel time, availability of sports activities and time.…”

Section: Subjective Constraintsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…First, we performed principal component analyses on the scores of the items of the Leisure Constraints Scale (Alexandris & Carroll, 1997a, 1997b to identify underlying factors representing types of constraints. Because of theoretical assumptions about existing correlations between the constraint factors and the underlying dimensions (Godbey et al, 2010), we decided to use oblique rotation (direct oblimin).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…lack of appropriate accommodation) (Godbey, Crawford, & Shen, 2010). Those subjective constraints to sports participation have been found to play a significant negative role on sports participation and sports frequency (Alexandris & Carroll, 1997a;Casey et al, 2016;Downward, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Too busy or too far away? The importance of subjective constraints and spatial factors for sports frequency

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Ettema

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Previous studies on the association between the availability of sports facilities and sports participation have neglected the influence of subjective constraints that individuals experience with regard to sports participation. This paper investigates to what extent constraints experienced by sports participants are associated with their spatial circumstances and whether these subjective constraints or objective spatial circumstances have a greater impact on sports frequency. Based on a survey among 776 adults in urban and rural municipalities in the Netherlands, regression analyses revealed that constraints were related to neighbourhood liveability and distance to indoor sports facilities and swimming pools. Time constraints had a strong negative effect on sports frequency, but the effect of distance to indoor facilities and swimming pools was even more important. Our results furthermore indicate a growing need for flexibility in the spatiotemporal organization of sports activities and an increased importance of the public space for sports participation.

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Section: Subjective Constraintsmentioning

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Section: Subjective Constraintsmentioning

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“…In terms of the role of gender in sport participation, the results indicated that the gap in sport participation between females and males, which has been reported previously in Greece (Alexandris & Carroll, 1997a, 1998 and other countries (Downward et al, 2009), has closed with reference to the specific sample of the study. In fact, females have higher sport participation rates than males (without the difference being statistically significant).…”

Section: Demographic Differences In Sport Participationmentioning

confidence: 67%

Promoting Sport Participation in Greece: Issues and Challenges

Balaska

Kouthouris²

2014

IJSMaRT

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Due to the absence of national sport participation data in Greece, research and information is still limited. The present paper aimed to report on annual sport participation rates and frequency of sport participation, demographic differences, and constraints on sport participation, among young and middle-aged parents in Greece.Three hundred young and middle-aged parents participated in the study. The results indicated low annual sport participation rates and low frequency of sport participation.Females reported higher sport participation rates than males (without the difference being statistically significant), while sport participation significantly decreased among the less educated and older individuals. Finally, lack of time, facilities / services and lack of partner related constraints had the highest mean scores. The implications of these results for developing sport policy and promoting recreational sports are discussed, with reference at the same time on methodological issues.

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Promoting social inclusion for adult communities: The moderating role of leisure constraints on life satisfaction in five European countries

Koçak,

Gürbüz

2024

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Although leisure constraints that individuals have to cope with can negatively affect their social inclusion and satisfaction with life, little research has addressed the link between these variables. Therefore, the current paper examined the moderator role of leisure constraints on the relationship between satisfaction with life and leisure constraints among adults living in five different European countries. The respondents were 1,382 women and 877 men adults. The findings of analysis revealed that all factors used in the study accounted for 15% of the variance in satisfaction with life and social inclusion had a significant and positive impact on satisfaction with life. As a result, it can be said that leisure constraints had a moderating effect on the relationship between satisfaction with life and social inclusion. The present research study recommends that social inclusion should be encouraged through decreasing to leisure constraints to increase the life satisfaction.

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An analysis of leisure constraints based on different recreational sport participation levels: Results from a study in Greece

Cited by 119 publications

References 21 publications

Too busy or too far away? The importance of subjective constraints and spatial factors for sports frequency

Too busy or too far away? The importance of subjective constraints and spatial factors for sports frequency

Promoting Sport Participation in Greece: Issues and Challenges

Promoting social inclusion for adult communities: The moderating role of leisure constraints on life satisfaction in five European countries

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