The 1997 Leisure Research Symposium

Parks & Recreation, May, 1998 by John Hultsman, M. Deborah Bialeschki, Asuncion T. Suren

Shafer, C.S. & Inglis, G. (1997). Conditions Relevant to Visitor Experiences in Marine Environments (p. 45).

Shinew, K.J., & Arnold, M.L. (1997). The Relationship of Gender, Race, and Income to Constraints of Leisure Participation and Urban Park Use (p. 69).

Silverberg, K.E., Backman, K.F. & Wicks, B. (1997, October). Coproduction and Its Implications for Recreation Administrators: An Exploratory Study (p. 98).

Silverman, L.H. (1997). Of us and other things: The content and functions of talk by adult visitor pairs in museums (p. 63).

Smale, B. (1997). A Comparison of Selected Systematic Sampling Procedures in Accurately Estimating Recreation Participation (p. 19).

Snyder, M. & Singleton, J.F. (1997). The Relationship Between Sensory Stimulus and Leisure Memory (p. 40).

Stodolska, M. & Jackson, E.L. (1997). Incidents and Implications of Ethnic Discrimination in Leisure (p. 4).

Stokowski, P.A., Bajc, V., & Absher, J. (1997). Information relationships and networks in a forest recreation setting (p. 68).

Straube, S., & Ashcraft, R.F. (1997) Influences of Co-Curricular Experiences in a Selected Recreation Management and Tourism Undergraduate (p. 79).

Sylvester, S. (1997). A Study of John Locke's and Karl Marx's Labor Theories of Value and their Implications for a Jobless Future (p. 23).

Tarrant, M.A. (1997, October). A Computerized Model of Recreational Carrying Capacity: An Application in Multimedia (p. 85).

Tirone, S. & Pedlar, A. (1997). Assimilation and Conflict Leisure Experience in the Lives of South Asian Adolescents in Canada (p. 2).

Voelkl, J.E. & Ellis, G.D. (1997) Measuring Flow Experiences in Daily Life: An Examination of the Items Used to Measure Challenge and Skill (p. 21).

Wang, P. (1997). Government Participation in Tourism Development An Analysis of Industry's Perspectives (p. 82).

Widmer, M.A., Ellis, G.D. & Munson, W.W. (1997). Reliability, Internal Structure, and Cross Structure of the AEBLS Short Form (p. 17).

Wilson, S.M., & McGuire, F. A. (1997). Team Teaching and Team Learning: A Holistic Approach to Undergraduate Education (p. 77).

Yuan, M. & Yuan, S. (1997). An Examination of University Student Gambling Practices (p. 87)

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Introduction

This year's Leisure Research Symposium (the 20th), held at the NRPA Congress for Recreation and Parks in Salt Lake City, Utah, provided a forum for researchers and professionals to reflect on and call for social change. Through keynote speakers addressing writing, Brown Bag sessions, a Research Roundtable providing open dialogue, and thematically grouped data reports given as presentations and posters, leisure research as a form of social change was reviewed.

Impact of this Research

The Leisure Research Symposium brings together university and field researchers and professionals from around the world to share and discuss recently completed studies and to chart needed areas for future study. With nearly 90 presentations, it is the largest annual leisure research event available.