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Understanding the experiences of virtual race participants through the lens of mindfulness theory
Guangzhou Chen, Kevin Filo, Landy Lu, Jon Welty Peachey & Monika Stodolska
Published online: 23 Jul 2024
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What does leisure have to do with mental health – arts, creative and leisure practices and living with mental distress
Tamara Borovica, Renata Kokanović, Emma-Louise Seal, Jacinthe Flore, Katherine Boydell, Lisa Blackman & Laura Hayes
Published online: 21 Jul 2024
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Body, space, and time in virtual reality leisure experience: a phenomenological inquiry
Chunyan Zhou, Zhiyi Hu, Jingchao Wang & Philip Wang
Published online: 21 Jul 2024
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‘It’s lovely to have that sense of belonging’: older men’s involvement in walking football
Gareth M. Thomas
Published online: 14 Jul 2024
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Food day-trippers’ perceptions of regional food destination attractiveness: an application of distance decay theory
Guljira Manimont, Juliet Memery & Thilini Alahakoon
Published online: 14 Jul 2024
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The relationship between sustainable values and the pro-environmental behaviour of outdoor sports tourism enthusiasts
Yurong Lu, Hanzhi Xu, Bingbin Xie, Yi Jiang, Yichi Zhang, Tian Fang & Weinan Zhou
Published online: 08 Jul 2024
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Virtual football violence: exploring the resurgence of football’s deviant leisure cultures in England
Argyro Elisavet Manoli, Kevin Dixon, John Hie, Aimee Middleton & Nicola Hague
Published online: 07 Jul 2024
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My dice is rubbed like this: assessing the leisure experiences of scratch-off lottery tickets by China’s younger generations
Qi Yan, Xiangyu Chen & Yunhong Hu
Published online: 07 Jul 2024
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Scuba Diving Practices in Greece: A Historical Ethnography of Technology, Self, Body and Nature
by Manolis Tzanakis, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 304 pp., EU€ 128.39 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-3-031-48838-2
Michalis Nikolakakis
Published online: 18 Jun 2024
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Physical activity and the pressures of ‘good’ motherhood: navigating changing bodies, other mothers and role modelling for the active family
Natalie Connolly & Holly Thorpe
Published online: 17 Jun 2024
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Understanding and optimising helmet-related and other health and social effects of the first North American university campus skatepark
Jenny Xue, Sebastian Swic, Jennifer Brazeau & Erica Frank
Published online: 13 Jun 2024
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Relationships between yoga and purpose in life among women: testing a moderated mediation model
Liang-Chih Chang, John Dattilo, Wei-Chun Lee & Fei-Hsin Huang
Published online: 10 Jun 2024
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Working patterns, leisure dynamics, and energy consumption: a time-use analysis for Italy
Edoardo Alberti & Paolo Frumento
Published online: 10 Jun 2024
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‘It’s pretty sad if I’m just betting by myself … ’: navigating shame and stigma in everyday sports betting
Rohann Irving, Rebecca Olive, Murray G. Phillips & Nicholas Carah
Published online: 09 Jun 2024
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Lockdown Leisure
edited by Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen, Katherine Harrison, Peter Millward, and Cassandra A. Ogden, Routledge, 2024, 196 pp., £135.00 (hardback), ISBN 9781032630922 (hardback) and ISBN 9781032630953 (ebook)
Elif Vozar
Published online: 07 Jun 2024
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Task and social frustration of grassroots sport volunteers
Tim F. Thormann, Katrin Scharfenkamp, Pamela Wicker & Larissa E. Davies
Published online: 02 Jun 2024
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Aesthetic capital as a work strategy among precarious migrant coaches in China’s leisure industry
Tian Shi
Published online: 25 May 2024
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Leisure-time physical activity and transitions into and through parenthood
Emily Lovett & Andy Smith
Published online: 23 May 2024
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Different ways to craft and use social media in crafting
Katja Vilhunen & Niina Väänänen
Published online: 22 May 2024
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Insight into the formation of Chinese tourist behavioural intentions: a cognitive approach
Lianyun Huang, Hong Ching Goh & Norhaslina Hassan
Published online: 22 May 2024
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Leisure activity participation among older adults: a review
Kuan-Yu Yueh & Wen-Jung Chang
Published online: 14 May 2024
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‘Tomorrowland’: identity construction and expression through flags and costumes in a music festival
Julie Masset & Alain Decrop
Published online: 13 May 2024
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Consuming atmospheres: designing, experiencing, and researching atmospheres in consumption spaces
edited by Chloe Steadman and Jack Coffin, London, UK, Leisure Studies, 2024, 1–206 pp., 170,00 US$, ISBN 9781032264929 (hardback); ISBN 9781032264943 (paperback); ISBN 9781003288510 (ebook)
Ana Margarida Silvestre Graça
Published online: 11 May 2024
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The motivations to play organised club-based sport in Australia
Rochelle Eime, Jack Harvey, Melanie Charity, Aurélie Pankowiak, Hans Westerbeek & Christopher Mesagno
Published online: 01 May 2024
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The mountain and the politics of representation
edited by Martin Hall and Jenny Hall, Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 2023, £110 (hardback and e-book), ISBN: 978-1-83764-506-0.
Emily Ankers
Published online: 01 May 2024
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Warsaw small and medium-sized public urban green spaces as a response to short-time leisure needs of local residents and passers-by
Małgorzata Kaczyńska
Published online: 27 Apr 2024
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Examining leisure constraints and motivations within the psychological continuum model: a study among recreational video gamers
Milad Khodadadian, Rasool Norouzi Seyed Hossini & Marjan Saffari
Published online: 21 Apr 2024
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Does spatial context of Third Place matter? Revisiting the Third Place concept based on user preferences: case of Kolkata, India
Sulagna De, Arup Das & Tarak Nath Mazumder
Published online: 18 Apr 2024
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Populism in sport, leisure, and popular culture
edited by Bryan C. Clift and Alan Tomlinson, New York, USA, Routledge, 2021, 289 pp., £104.00 (Hardback), ISBN 978-0-367-35638-5, £31.19 (e-Book), ISBN 978-0-429-34084-0
Baiq Satrianingsih & Andika Pratama
Published online: 03 Apr 2024
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‘Jobless corner campus’: an institutionalised idleness in Kibera, an informal settlement in Nairobi
Martin Páv
Published online: 03 Apr 2024
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Esports development ecosystem in Hong Kong: an application of a systems thinking literacy approach
Gigi Lam & Oscar Wai Kuen Wong
Published online: 20 Mar 2024
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Being “outdoors” in a new country: associations between immigrant characteristics, outdoor recreation activities, and settlement satisfaction in Canada
Ulises Charles-Rodriguez & Richard Larouche
Published online: 15 Mar 2024
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The effect of government-public relationships on residents’ support in mega sport events: a moderating effect of government crisis response
Sungkyung Kim, Argyro Elisavet Manoli & Do Young Pyun
Published online: 13 Mar 2024
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Athletes as destination ambassadors: understanding the role of athlete attachment and sport involvement on country-of-origin’s image and intention to visit
Christopher Hautbois, Rui Biscaia & Mathieu Djaballah
Published online: 12 Mar 2024
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“Ten Bucks for yoga and a beer in a cool vibey spot”: exploring motivations for LTPA at craft breweries
Alana N. Seaman, Lindsey Schroeder, Laura Morris, Kayla Hines & Michele Abee
Published online: 11 Mar 2024
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Post-pandemic outdoor music festival consumption behaviour intention: an integrative approach
Zhen Su, Shuchen Lai & Meng Zhang
Published online: 05 Mar 2024
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Consumer engagement on social media in the sport context: a scoping review
Yuanyuan Cao & Hirotaka Matsuoka
Published online: 05 Mar 2024
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Designing outdoor fitness areas for older adults: a conjoint analysis study
Chahana Paudel, Anna Timperio, Jo Salmon, Venurs Loh, Benedicte Deforche & Jenny Veitch
Published online: 24 Feb 2024
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Social participation of the older sexual minority population: CLSA data
Wook Yang, Shelley L. Craig, Carles Muntaner, John A. E. Anderson & Lori E. Ross
Published online: 20 Feb 2024
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Flying casual: a serious leisure career playing X-Wing: The Miniatures Game
Justin B. Hopkins
Published online: 19 Feb 2024
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Exploring the experience of natural green space among South Asian Muslim people in the UK
Mohammed Hamza, Annette Stride & Thomas Quarmby
Published online: 12 Feb 2024
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The experiences of nomadic sex worker tourists
Stephen Pratt & Wantanee Suntikul
Published online: 12 Feb 2024
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Using cell phone usage data to explore the spatial distribution of virtual leisure and the impact on reality leisure
Lei Wu, Huixia Deng, Jinpeng Hu, Qiang Niu & Xiaoqian Liang
Published online: 12 Feb 2024
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Book Review

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Sport and nationalism in China
by Lu Zhouxiang and Fan Hong, Routledge, New York, 2014, 248 pp., £112 (Hardback), ISBN: 9780415540018, £39.19 (Paperback), ISBN: 9781138042742, £39.19 (eBook), ISBN 9781315857053
Wang Xu & Gwang Ok
Published online: 11 Feb 2024
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Olympians’ perspectives of environmental sustainability within the Olympic games
Argyro Elisavet Manoli, Claire Lomax, David O’Byrne & Georgios A. Antonopoulos
Published online: 10 Feb 2024
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“I don’t want to get in anyone’s way”: mapping girl skateboarders’ navigation of place and power in skate spaces
Lyndsey Stoodley, Carrie Paechter, Michael Keenan & Chris Lawton
Published online: 08 Feb 2024
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Sport and physical activity in catastrophic environments
edited by, Jim Cherrington and Jack Black, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY, Routledge, 2023, 242 pp., 120 GBP (hardback), ISBN 9781032125411
Alessio Norrito
Published online: 30 Jan 2024
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The contribution of serious leisure qualities to passion in the context of collegiate sport club participation
KoFan Lee, Hung-Ling (Stella) Liu & John P. Bentley
Published online: 23 Jan 2024
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National football leagues as a source of soft power
Ricardo Gúdel, Emilio Hernández-Correa, Laura Heredero & Javier Pajares
Published online: 18 Jan 2024
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Masculinity, Intersectionality and Identity: Why Boys (Don’t) Dance
edited by Doug Risner and Beccy Watson, Switzerland, Springer Nature, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, 349 pp., £99.99 (hardback), ISBN 978-3-030-89999-8.
Hongsheng Sui
Published online: 15 Jan 2024
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