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Abstract
Scholars have stated that involvement is critical in the success of doctoral students, yet limited information and research has been conducted on involvement and its relationship to doctoral students. The purpose of this study was to gain a greater understanding of leisure studies doctoral student involvement patterns. The Doctoral Student Involvement Questionnaire (DSIQ) was developed as an assessment and evaluation instrument to measure leisure studies doctoral student involvement. A four-factor solution accounting for 49.9% of the total cumulative variance indicated that involvement patterns of leisure studies doctoral students are similar to undergraduate student patterns, yet they also have some major differences. Similarities include the multidimensional structure of involvement, and the social, faculty, and research activity patterns. Differences include the dependence on the professional discipline and the local department, which guides many of the experiences and activities of doctoral students.