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ContributionsofLeisureStudiesandRecreationand
ParkManagementResearchtothe
ActiveLivingAgenda
GeoffreyC.Godbey,PhD,LindaL.Caldwell,PhD,MyronFloyd,PhD,LauraL.Payne,PhD
Abstract:Althoughthefieldsofleisurestudiesandrecreationandparkswerefoundedonaddressinghealthandwellnessneedsofpeople,onlyrecentlyhavetheseneedsbeenaddressedbymajor,systematicresearchefforts.Thispaperexaminestheoriginsofleisurestudiesandthestudyofrecreationbehaviorandparkuseandtheirpotentialcontributiontoactivelivingresearch.Overthepast2decades,leisurestudiesresearchhasgeneratedabodyofliteraturepertinenttounderstandingandincreasingactiveliving,includingstudiesontimeuse,motivationforinitiatingandmaintainingactivity,influenceofuserfees,andurbanparkuse.Environmental,transportation,andpublicrecreationpolicyandmanagementpracticesalsoareimportantconsiderationsinrecreationandparksresearch.Thisarticleconcludeswithalistofrecom-mendationstointegratetheseandotherconsiderationsintotransdisciplinaryresearchonactiveliving.Opportunitiesforleisurestudies/recreationandparkresearchonactivelivingincludestudiesofenvironmental,lifespan,andmotivationalinfluences;greateruseofobjectivemeasuresofphysicalactivity;andformingpartnershipswithalliedindustriestostudyphysicalactivity.Amongsuggestionsforfacilitatingsuchstudiesaretrainingseminarsforleisurestudiesandrecreationresearchersinactivelivingresearchmethods,changesinpointallocationongrantproposals,providingincentivesfortransdisciplinarycollaboration,andspecialjournalissues.
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Introduction
Thispaperinterpretstheorigins,concepts,and
researchintheareasofleisurestudiesand
parksandrecreationmanagementasitper-
tainstothegoalsoftheActiveLivingResearch
program,sponsoredbyTheRobertWoodJohnson
Foundation.Wereviewtheoriginsoftheseacademic
areas;thepublicprovisionofrecreationandpark
services;therelationshipoftransportationdesign
andpolicytorecreationandparks;conceptsand
methodsusedinthesefieldsofstudy;andenviron-
mental,policy,anddesigncorrelatesrelatedtothese
fieldsofstudy.Finally,weproposewaysoffurther
integratingleisurestudiesandrecreationandpark
managementintotransdisciplinaryresearchtoin-
creaseactiveliving.OriginsofLeisureStudiesandParksandRecreation
Theintellectualcontentofleisurestudiesandrecre-
ationandparkmanagementevolvedfromdifferent,
butrelated,perspectives.Recreationandparkmanage-
ment,whichemergedfromvariousmovementsto
shapeandreformrecreationduringperiodsofindus-
trializationandurbanizationinthelate19thcentury,1,2
wasrarelyinterestedinrecreationorleisureperse.
Rather,interestfocusedontheabilityofnonwork
activitytoimprovethehealth,education,socialadjust-
ment,andlifechancesofpoorpeople,children,the
elderly,handicapped,andotherswhohadfewre-
sourcestohelpthemreplacetherecreationpatternsof
agriculture-basedpeasantlife.Thesemovementsalso
soughttore-makethepeasantmentalitybyimproving
theircharacterandmakingthemmoremalleablein
theirrolesasindustrialworkers.1,3Recreationand
leisure,amongsuchmovements,wereexaminednot
onlyintellectuallybutalsomorallyandstrategically.
Thevariousmovementstoestablishparkscentered
onadjustmenttourbanization,preservationofnature,
andopportunitiesforwholesomerecreation.Mostof
theactivitypromotedbytherecreationandparkmove-
mentwasphysicallyactive,includingsports,exercise,
outdoorrecreation,dance,andsupervisedplay.A
majorfocuswastouseselectedformsofrecreation
toFromtheDepartmentofRecreation,ParkandTourismManage-ment,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity(Godbey,Caldwell),UniversityPark,Pennsylvania;DepartmentofTourism,RecreationandSportManagement,UniversityofFlorida(Floyd),Gainesville,Florida;andDepartmentofRecreation,Sport,andTourism,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign(Payne),Champaign,IllinoisAddresscorrespondenceto:GeoffreyC.Godbey,ThePennsylvaniaStateUniversity,DepartmentofRecreationParkandTourismManage-ment,201MateerBuilding,UniversityParkPA16803-1377.E-mail:g7g@psu.edu.
150AmJPrevMed2005;28(2S2)0749-3797/05/$–seefrontmatter©2005AmericanJournalofPreventiveMedicine•PublishedbyElsevierInc.doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2004.10.027promotephysicalactivity,characterdevelopment,so-
cializationskills,education,andexposuretonature.
Thegoalsofthesemovementswerecongruentwiththe
currentgoalsofvariousactivelivingcampaigns.2
Leisurestudiesemergedfromadifferent,butre-
lated,setoftraditions.Firstdevelopedwithinsociology
departmentsofEuropeanuniversities,itwasconcerned
withthesocialproblemofincreasingfreetimein
industrialsocieties.Inquiryfirstfocusedonwork–
leisurepatternsineverydaylife,timeuse,suburbaniza-
tion,andindustrialwork.Subsequenttopicsofinquiry
includedeffectsofsocialclass,impactsoftechnology,
communitylife,organizedleisure,andworkarrange-