Abstract
Abstract The theory of planned behavior (Ajzen 1985, 1987) is offered as a comprehensive framework for understanding of leisure participation. Salient behavioral, normative, and control beliefs, theoretically the basic determinants of behavior, were assessed with respect to five leisure activities: spending time at the beach, jogging or running, mountain climbing, boating, and biking. College students completed a questionnaire containing measures of these beliefs and of global expressions of attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control. One year later the participants reported how often they had performed each behavior in the preceding 12 months. Behavioral beliefs were found to partition into beliefs about affective reactions and beliefs about costs and benefits. Participation in leisure activities was influenced by these affective and instrumental beliefs, as well as by normative beliefs about the expectations of important others and by control beliefs about required resources and other factors that impede or facilitate leisure participation.
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Theory of planned behaviorNormativePsychologySocial psychologyControl (management)Norm (philosophy)ClimbingSalientLeisure timeNormative social influencePhysical activity
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- 13
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- 3
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- 185-204
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Icek Ajzen,
B. L. Driver
(1991).
Prediction of leisure participation from behavioral, normative, and control beliefs: An application of the theory of planned behavior.
Leisure Sciences
, 13
(3)
, 185-204.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01490409109513137
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- 10.1080/01490409109513137