Serious Leisure and Recreation Specialization

Bridging the Conceptual Frameworks of Constraints Negotiation and Serious Leisure to Understand Leisure Benefit Realization

“…The fifth and sixth qualities of serious leisure framework (i.e., unique ethos and self-identification) may fall into these two types of leisure identity. Prior studies (e.g., Ditton, Loomis, & Choi, 1992;Tsaur & Liang, 2008) suggested that leisure participants who are highly committed to an activity are socially attached to their peer groups and seek a stronger self-identity related to the activity. Using the framework of recreation specialization where commitment is a core element, for example, Ditton et al indicated that some anglers at a higher echelon of the specialization continuum tend to show a stronger social world identity.…”

“…While prior studies about serious leisure have largely made use of qualitative research techniques, recent studies (e.g., Gould, Moore, McGuire, & Stebbins, 2008;Lee & Scott, 2013;Tsaur & Liang, 2008) tend to employ quantitative methods to understand the multifaceted nature of serious leisure phenomena. Among them, the work of Gould et al is worth noting because that study developed a measurement scale, known as the Serious Leisure Inventory and Measure (SLIM), to assess different dimensions of serious leisure.…”

“…Using a framework of recreation specialization, which is conceptually compatible with serious leisure, Scott and Shafer (2001) noted that individuals' leisure careers involve a variety of contingencies, which frequently limit their ability to progress along the specialization continuum. Career contingencies are considered to encompass leisure constraints, which individuals inevitably confront during their leisure pursuits (Tsaur & Liang, 2008). At many transitional points wherein individuals attempt to develop their leisure careers, the ongoing impacts of various constraints generate behavioral and attitudinal changes and activate the operation of several negotiation strategies (Jackson, 2005).…”

Network analysis of a regional fishery: Implications for management of natural resources, and recruitment and retention of anglers

“…Martin et al Fisheries Research 194 (2017) 31-41 to determine the substitutability of reservoirs under different removal scenarios; these surveys need to be carefully crafted to prevent perceived restrictions to fishing access (Salz and Loomis, 2005). A weakness of our approach, which should be addressed in additional surveys, was an incomplete approach to recreational specialization, including behavioral, affective and cognitive dimensions as well as centrality to lifestyle (Tsaur and Liang 2008;and references therein). The three variables used to group anglers provided measures of commitment to fishing and expertise, but do not provide measures of setting preferences.…”

Relationship between Leisure Facilitators and Serious Leisure among Female Korean College Soccer Participants

“…Third, the serious leisure scale was first developed by Stebbins (1992) and was modified by Tsaur & Liang (2008); its six factors in 18 questions are: persevere, career, personal effort, durable benefit and rewards, strong identify, and unique ethos. The value was calculated by using mean value of each factor.…”