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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🌲 Can deeper involvement in recreation strengthen how we care for the places we visit? Wenwu Wu, Xiaoqian Yang & Dengming Xie explore links among recreation, place attachment, environmental attitudes & pro-environmental behavior. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🎮📱 How does digital leisure intersect with relationships? Yulei Feng examines how online gaming and short video consumption may shape shared time, household responsibilities and marital satisfaction. Read in #LeisureSciences: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🧩 Being connected isn’t necessarily the same as experiencing connection—or belonging. In a new Leisure Sciences Essay, Edward Loveman uses AI as a lens to examine deeper questions of leisure, identity, inequity & belonging. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🎓 AI excels at efficiency. But efficiency isn’t always the goal. In a new Leisure Sciences article, Lauren E. Stephens considers what AI cannot do—and makes a case for the irreplaceable role of human connection in teaching and learning. ✨ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

💭 As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly abundant, what remains distinctly human? In a new Leisure Sciences Essay, Lauren N. Duffy makes a case for consciousness—and for contemplative leisure as a space to protect and cultivate it. 🌿 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📍 GeoAI could help reveal inequalities in access to recreation—but biased data and uneven representation could also reinforce them. A new Leisure Sciences Essay examines GeoAI through the lens of spatial justice and proposes a “Just GeoAI” framework. 🗺️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🏞️ Nature, social connection & spirituality can intersect in powerful ways. A new Leisure Sciences study explores how self-identifying Christians described experiencing God through social interactions in U.S. national parks. 🌲 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

⏰ The relationship between work and leisure may be on the verge of a major shift. In a new Leisure Sciences Essay, Heather J. Gibson revisits the long-debated “society of leisure” as AI and automation reshape the future of work. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🛹 How does skateboarding performance change over time? Purser et al. analyzed 24,053 trick attempts across 13 Battle at the Berrics tournaments to explore progression in serious leisure. 🔓 The study is #OpenAccess and free for anyone to read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

📱 AI-driven mobility data can tell researchers a lot about park visitation—but who gets left out? In a new Leisure Sciences Essay, Junga Han & James Aaron Hipp examine important limitations of smartphone mobility data for children’s leisure research. doi.org/10.1080/0149...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🤖 As AI increasingly shapes leisure experiences, what happens to individual choice and agency? In a new Leisure Sciences Essay, Justin Harmon—one of our editors—Nick Pitas & Andrew Kerins examine AI, the experience economy & the future of leisure. doi.org/10.1080/0149...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🚲 Who feels included in public recreation spaces? A new Leisure Sciences study explores Indigenous experiences at a bike park built on ancestral and unceded lands, highlighting recreation, colonial legacies, and cultural resurgence. doi.org/10.1080/0149... #IndigenousResearch #Parks

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🔓 Open Access: Should educators react to AI—or respond thoughtfully? A new Leisure Sciences article argues that teaching philosophy—not technology itself—should guide decisions about generative AI in the classroom. doi.org/10.1080/0149... #LeisureSciences #OpenAccess #GenerativeAI

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🌿 What motivates people to be active outdoors—and what gets in the way? A Leisure Sciences study explores how barriers and motivators for green physical activity differ across gender, sexual identity, disability status, and race. doi.org/10.1080/0149... #OutdoorRecreation #PublicHealth

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🌿 Why do park visitors turn to social media before visiting nature parks? A Leisure Sciences study explores how peer-to-peer communities influence trip planning, real-time information, and visitor decision-making. doi.org/10.1080/0149... #LeisureSciences #Parks #OutdoorRecreation

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🎲 Can board games help build emotional skills? A Leisure Sciences systematic review examines how board games support emotional competencies in children and older adults through play, communication, and social connection. doi.org/10.1080/0149... #LeisureSciences #BoardGames #Play

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

📱 What happens when college athletes use social media to advocate for change? A Leisure Sciences study explores the personal, interpersonal, and institutional barriers NCAA Division I athletes face when engaging in online activism. doi.org/10.1080/0149... #AthleteActivism #SportResearch

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🥽 Why do some older travelers resist virtual reality? A Leisure Sciences study by Qingyu Zhang, Salman Khan, Safeer Ullah Khan, Shafaqat Mehmood & Ikram Ullah Khan explores the psychological and technical barriers behind seniors' non-adoption of VR in tourism. doi.org/10.1080/0149...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Can leisure help shape end-of-life experiences? A new Leisure Sciences study by Hsiao-Chung Wang, Chih-Hung Wang & Yi-Chi Chen explores living funerals as meaningful rituals that foster connection, reflection, and family support. doi.org/10.1080/0149... #LeisureSciences #PalliativeCare

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🏕️ Recovery after a wilderness accident isn't just physical. Kelli McMahan and David Scott found that accidents can reshape relationships, identities, and social dynamics within serious leisure communities. #LeisureSciences #SeriousLeisure #OutdoorRecreation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🔓 OPEN ACCESS ESSAY 📖 What if leisure isn't neutral? Simon Lindblom introduces the concept of boundary leisure to explore how marginalized communities create spaces of care, solidarity, refusal, and world-making. #LeisureSciences #OpenAccess www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🤔 Is experience the foundation of a good leisure life? Donald McLean revisits the role of experience in leisure studies, arguing that experience itself—not just experience design—is central to understanding leisure and human flourishing. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

😊 Can leisure help protect wellbeing in the face of loneliness? Mingjie Jessie Gao and Bryan Smale found that leisure satisfaction may help reduce the negative relationship between loneliness and life satisfaction among older adults. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🔓 OPEN ACCESS 🏅 How does Special Olympics create meaningful experiences for athletes, families, coaches, and volunteers? Trudie Walters explores Special Olympics as serious leisure, highlighting identity, belonging, commitment, and community. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🔓 OPEN ACCESS 🎉 🏖️ Retirement dreams are common—but are we planning for them? Research from South Africa found that many pre-retirees anticipated greater leisure opportunities in retirement but had not fully planned how to achieve them. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🌎 How can public leisure policies better support participation? Research from Brazil suggests that effective physical activity programs must consider age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and equitable access to resources. #LeisureSciences #PublicPolicy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

How do park environments influence recreation from day to night? Chen, Hu, and Li examine how environmental quality factors—including safety, accessibility, and sociability—shape recreational vitality in urban parks. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

🔓 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE: How do festivals create shared experiences that shape engagement and belonging? Emília Simão & Mónica Alcindor examine how the sensory design of Portugal's Boom Festival fosters emotional connection, political engagement, and alternative ways of experiencing leisure.

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🖤 How should leisure studies confront the realities of anti-Blackness? This research article in Leisure Sciences advances Afropessimism as a framework for rethinking leisure, recreation, belonging, and humanity within the field. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0149... #LeisureSciences #CriticalTheory

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🎯 Can serious leisure improve job satisfaction — especially under heavy workloads? This research article in Leisure Sciences explores how serious leisure engagement relates to life, leisure, and job satisfaction across different levels of job task load. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0149...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🟢 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE 🟢 How did historic HOLC “redlining” maps shape parks & recreation systems in U.S. cities? In this open access article, Mowatt & Theriault examine housing discrimination, urban planning, and the legacy of redlining in recreation spaces. Read free: doi.org/10.1080/0149...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

📖 ESSAY: How do immigration enforcement actions shape experiences of parks & leisure spaces? In this essay, Monika Stodolska examines the 2025 MacArthur Park raid and its implications for belonging, policing, & immigrant experiences in urban parks. doi.org/10.1080/0149...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🧗 What makes an adventure tourism experience satisfying — even when risk is part of it? This new article in Leisure Sciences explores how outdoor guide service quality shapes tourist satisfaction, risk perception, and perceived value. Read more: doi.org/10.1080/0149...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🌍 Volume 48, Issue 4 of Leisure Sciences is now online, featuring: 🏞️ Urban greenways & physical activity (OA) 🍺 “No and low” craft beer culture as serious leisure (OA) 🧒 Outdoor play & youth wellbeing ♿ Inclusion in parks & recreation professions www.tandfonline.com/toc/ulsc20/4...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🏃 Sport can be more than competition. This Leisure Sciences study examines how a sport-based diversion program supported identity development among justice-involved youth facing stigma and marginalization. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #LeisureSciences #YouthDevelopment

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🌿 Do challenging outdoor activities boost well-being? A Leisure Sciences study finds nature-based challenging activities can increase well-being—especially when people feel immersed and participate with others. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #LeisureSciences #Wellbeing #Outdoors

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🎰 How can leisure support recovery? A Leisure Sciences study by Marta Soligo & Andrea Dassopoulos explores how self-care, relationships, and meaningful free time can aid recovery from gambling disorder. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #LeisureSciences #Recovery

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

📱 New in Leisure Sciences Can leisure boredom help explain digital-age habits like phubbing and netlessphobia? This new study by Anıl Siyahtaş explores how boredom may predict problematic tech behaviors among young people. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #LeisureSciences #DigitalWellbeing

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

📚 New in Leisure Sciences By Dr. Rasul A. Mowatt and Dr. Aby L. Sène-Harper, this new article examines how decolonization is often misunderstood or reduced to metaphor. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #LeisureSciences #Decolonization

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🥾 Continuing this week’s focus on women & outdoor recreation in Leisure Sciences 🥾 This new study examines women’s participation in overnight hiking through themes of belonging, resilience, safety, and access. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #LeisureSciences #Hiking #GenderEquity

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🌿 New in Leisure Sciences A new article explores ecofeminist approaches to outdoor recreation and how feminist theory can help rethink relationships between people, power, and nature. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #LeisureSciences #OutdoorRecreation

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🐾 Open Access in Leisure Sciences Can leisure be found in walks, naps, routines, and companionship? A new article rethinks happiness & meaning through everyday life with a dog named Ebony. Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #LeisureSciences #OpenAccess #Wellbeing

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

👵 Research Article: How does leisure engagement shape well-being in later life? Park, Chancellor & Seong find that leisure participation among older adults in South Korea is associated with improved health, greater life satisfaction, and fewer depressive symptoms. doi.org/10.1080/0149...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🧠 Essay: In Leisure Sciences, co-editor Justin Harmon reflects on the role of the “sociological imagination” and challenges scholars to more fully engage with the process of theorizing in leisure studies. doi.org/10.1080/0149...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🔓 Open Access What is it like to be the partner of an ultra endurance athlete? In the newest issue of Leisure Sciences, explore how partners navigate bonding, support, and ambivalence when training and competition shape everyday life. doi.org/10.1080/0149... #LeisureStudies #SeriousLeisure

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

🌲 Research Article How do discrimination experiences shape park visitation? Lee et al. examine discrimination and North Carolina state park visitation among people of color, finding that parks may serve as relatively inclusive environments. doi.org/10.1080/0149...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

How do memories of past leisure experiences shape participation today? In the newest issue of Leisure Sciences, Lu, Kim & Cho examine how leisure nostalgia influences serious leisure and social support among runners in South Korea and China. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0149...

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This week we’re highlighting essays written by the Leisure Sciences editorial team. A new essay by co-editor Rasul A. Mowatt and Luc S. Cousineau examines the Great Replacement Theory and its implications for studying racism and public leisure spaces. 📖 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leisure Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Journal @leisuresciences.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This week we’re highlighting essays written by the Leisure Sciences editorial team. 🧠 Co-editor Justin Harmon reflects on existentialism, responsibility, and meaning in leisure in a new essay. 📖 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #LeisureSciences #LeisureStudies

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