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Title: Constraint negotiation in serious leisure: A study of amateur triathletes
Author/Creator: Kennelly, M | Moyle, Brent D | Lamont, M
Description: This paper explores strategies employed by amateur triathletes engaged in serious leisure to negotiate leisure constraints. In-depth interviews were conducted with 21 Australian triathletes, revealing a range of negotiation strategies used to adapt to or alleviate constraints. In particular, triathletes accepted the likelihood of opportunity costs, were pragmatic about their performance and used a self-determined hierarchy of importance to make leisure/non-leisure decisions. They engaged in planning and time management, endeavored to communicate and cooperate with significant others, were opportunistic and flexible with training, and employed discipline props to maintain participation. Their participation was cyclical in nature, with periods of intense involvement before events. Cognitive and behavioral negotiation strategies were interconnected, suggesting implications for physical activity programs and interventions. Copyright 2013 National Recreation and Park Association.
Relation: Journal of Leisure Research / Vol. 45, No. 4, pp.466-484
Relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.18666/jlr-2013-v45-i4-3895
Year: 2013
Publisher: Sagamore Publishing
Subject: FoR 1106 (Human Movement and Sports Science) | FoR 1504 (Commercial Services) | FoR 1506 (Tourism) | constraint negotiation | serious leisure | competing priorities | triathlon

Resource Type: Journal Article
Identifier: ISSN: 0022-2216
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