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Activity Preferences

Activity Preferences is a construct within recreation participation research that denotes an individual's systematic inclination toward specific forms of leisure activities, distinguished from general behavioral tendencies by its focus on affective, cognitive, and contextual factors shaping selective engagement in recreation.

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448

Reconceptualizing barriers to family leisure

Duane W. Crawford, Geoffrey Godbey · Leisure Sciences · 1987 · 1.3K citations

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Cognitive interdependence: Commitment and the mental representation of close relationships.

Christopher R. Agnew, Paul A. M. Van Lange, Caryl E. Rusbult et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1998 · 709 citations

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Physical Activity Preferences, Preferred Sources of Assistance, and Perceived Barriers to Increased Activity among Physically Inactive Australians

Michael L. Booth, Adrian Bauman, Neville Owen et al. · Preventive Medicine · 1997 · 588 citations

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Promoting the Participation of Children With Disabilities in Sports, Recreation, and Physical Activities

Nancy Murphy, Paul S. Carbone · PEDIATRICS · 2008 · 468 citations · Full text

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Measuring children’s participation in recreation and leisure activities: construct validation of the CAPE and PAC

Gillian King, Mary Law, Susanne King et al. · Child Care Health and Development · 2006 · 415 citations

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Authors

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  1. KS
    Kerry S. Courneya

    University of Alberta, Canada

    8 publications · 472 citations

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  2. EL
    Edgar L. Jackson

    University of Alberta, Canada

    6 publications · 664 citations

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  3. FA
    Francis A. McGuire

    Clemson University, United States

    5 publications · 400 citations

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  4. GP
    Gregory P. Hanley

    Western New England University, United States

    5 publications · 287 citations

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  5. ML
    Mary Law

    McMaster University, Canada

    5 publications · 827 citations

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Institutions

521

  1. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    14 h-index

    35 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    827 citations

  4. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    9 h-index

    10 publications

    699 citations

  5. Griffith University

    Brisbane, Australia

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    479 citations

  6. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Deakin University

    Burwood, Australia

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1K citations

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  1. Journal of Leisure Research

    33 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. Leisure Sciences

    20 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

    JABA · 10 publications · 401 citations

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  4. Journal of Travel Research

    JTR · 8 publications · 755 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 7 publications · 212 citations

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