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ABSTRACT:
In recent years, conceptualizations of leisure have focused on leisure experience characterized by intense involvement in ongoing activity. Some researchers have suggest that self-attention or self-awareness may detract from that involvement and thus inhibit or restrict leisure. The disruptive influence of self-awareness is also addressed in social psychological theories which suggest that self-awareness coincides with judgmental self-evaluation, however the overall relevance of self-awareness (or loss of self-awareness) to leisure is not well understood. In order to examine the relationship between leisure and self-awareness, an experience sampling study was undertaken. Eighteen individuals completed 695 questionnaires describing situations from their normal daily routines. Analysis indicated that self-awareness within leisure was associated with more positive affect than self-awareness in nonleisure. These results suggest that loss of self-awareness is not central to all leisure situations; researchers who define leisure in terms that imply a loss of self-awareness must carefully address the potentially limiting nature of that perspective. In addition, the positive nature of self-awareness within leisure suggests that leisure may have an important situational influence on the relationship between affect and self-awareness. Studies the relationship between self-awareness and leisure, using the experience sampling technique. Subjects (n=18) complete 695 questionnaires describing situations from their normal daily routines. Analysis indicates that levels of self-awareness are not markedly different in leisure and nonleisure contexts. However, self-awareness within leisure is associated with a more positive affect than self-awareness in nonleisure. Results suggest that loss of self-awareness is not central to all leisure situations. Warns that researchers who define leisure in terms that imply a loss of self-awareness must carefully address the potentially limiting nature of that perspective.
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