Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka arbetsterapeuters erfarenheter av att arbeta med fritidsaktiviteter för barn och ungdomar som lever med funktionsnedsättningar inom barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin och habiliteringen. Metod: Studien genomfördes som en kvalitativ intervjustudie. Sju semistrukturerade intervjuer utfördes via telefon och Skype med yrkesverksamma arbetsterapeuter med erfarenheter av att arbeta med barn och ungdomar med funktionsnedsättningar inom barn- och ungdomshabiliteringen (HAB) samt barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin (BUP). Vid analys av intervjuerna användes en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Det framgick i resultatet att fritidsaktiviteter inte är prioriterat enligt vårdriktlinjer och att det även fanns andra hindrande faktorer som begränsar arbetsterapeuterna att arbeta med fritidsaktiviteter. Det framgick även att det fanns stöttande faktorer som gör det möjligt för arbetsterapeuterna att hitta lösningar på hur de kan arbeta med fritidsaktiviteter och att de upplever att det har positiv påverkan på klienterna som väger över de annars negativa konsekvenser som kan uppstå vid brist av en meningsfull fritid. Resultatet visar att arbetsterapeuterna inkluderar fritidsaktiviteter vid kartläggningen, ger tips och råd kring fritidsaktiviteter samt har möjlighet att sätta in interventioner som kan gynna både vardagliga aktiviteter och fritidsaktiviteter. Arbetsterapeuterna upplever att klientens efterfrågan av hjälp varierar beroende på vilken diagnos klienten har. Slutsats: Arbetsterapeuterna som arbetade med fritidsaktiviteter upplevde att det hade en positiv effekt för barn- och ungdomar med funktionsnedsättning. Fritidsaktiviteter är ett område som bör inkluderas mer i arbetsterapin eftersom det främjar självständighet och delaktighet i vården men även i klienternas liv. Arbetsterapeuter besitter den kunskap som behövs för att arbeta och anpassa fritidsaktiviteter i olika miljöer och behov. / Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine occupational therapists' experience of working with leisure activities for children and adolescents who live with functional impairments in pediatric facilities in Sweden. Method: The study was conducted with a qualitative data collection method with semi-instructed interviews through phone or skype with seven occupational therapists with experience and that are working in a pediatric facility with children and adolescents who live with functional impairments. In the analysis of the interviews a qualitative content analysis was used. Result: The results showed that leisure activities are not a prioritization according to health guidelines and that there are also other factors that prevent occupational therapists from working with leisure activities. It also appears that there are supporting factors that enable occupational therapists to find solutions of how they can work with leisure activities and that their experience is that leisure activities have a positive impact on clients weighing over the otherwise negative consequences that can arise from lack of meaningful leisure. The result showed that occupational therapists include leisure activities in information gathering, provide tips and advice and have the opportunity to use intervention that benefit both activities of daily living and leisure activities. The occupational therapists find that the clients demand for help vary depending on the diagnosis the client has. Conclusion: The Occupational therapists that are working with leisure activities experience that they have a positive effect on children and adolescents with functional impairments. And that is a topic that should be included more in occupational therapy because it promotes independence and participation in care but also in the client’s life. Occupational therapists possess the knowledge needed to be able to work and adapt leisure activities in different environments and needs.

People’s selection of leisure activities is a complex choice because of implicit human factors and explicit environmental factors. Satisfactory participation in leisure activities is an important task since keeping a regular active lifestyle can help to maintain and improve the wellbeing of people. Technology could help in selecting the most appropriate activities by designing and implementing activities, collecting people profiles and their preferences relations. In fact, recommendation systems, have been successfully used in the last years in similar tasks with different types of recommendation systems. This thesis aims at the design, implementation, and evaluation of recommendation systems that could help us to better understand the complex choice of selecting leisure activities. In this work, we first define an evaluation framework for different recommendations systems. Then we compare their performances using different evaluation metrics. Thus, we explore and try to better understand the user’s preferences over leisure activities. After, having a comprehensive analysis of modelling recommended items and leisure activities, we also design and implement a content-based leisure activity recommendation system to make use of a taxonomy of activities. Moreover, in the course of our research, we have collected and evaluated two datasets obtained one from the Meetup social network and the other from crowd-workers and made them available as open data sources for further evaluation in the recommendation system research community.

This study investigates the existence of an ethnic separation in different settings of leisure activities. I examine the relationship between race, gender, socioeconomic status, and education with respect to the usage of popular cultural activities and high cultural activities to demonstrate the racial disparity occurring in both. A literature review pertaining to the usage of outdoor recreation, as in camping and hiking evidences the influence of racism on the disparity in Non-white participation. In contrast to out-door leisure activities, literature evidences the influence of class instead of race for the disparity in indoor leisure activities. Using the 1993 General Social Survey (GSS), I am able to arrive at the conclusion that the type of leisure chosen by an ethnic group relates much less to the educational level, economic status or the place of residence as it does to the perception of the socially constructed settings.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T20:50:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-11-24 / O rápido e intenso envelhecimento da população no Brasil e no mundo parece ser consequência de um melhor estado de saúde que se consegue durante certas fases da existência. Entretanto, a necessidade de manter a autonomia e a independência do idoso possui uma relação pertinente com os níveis de atividade física. Objetivo: Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar e identificar o nível de atividade física e fatores associados, em especial nos domínios do transporte e no domínio lazer dos idosos residentes na zona urbana de cidade de Maceió, AL. Método: Para tanto, buscou-se fazer um estudo de delineamento transversal, de base populacional, com uma amostra de 319 idosos, sendo 97 do gênero masculino e 222 do gênero feminino; a média de idade foi de 69,24 anos (± 7.12 anos), com um valor mínimo de 60 anos e o máximo de 92 anos. Para avaliação da atividade física, particularmente nos domínios transporte e lazer, foi aplicado o “Questionário Internacional de Atividade Física” versão longa, tendo o ponto de corte em 150 minutos/semana, e para avaliação da saúde percebida foi utilizada a Escala de Saúde Percebida de De Vitta (2001). Os dados foram analisados por meio de análise descritiva, teste de Fisher e análise de regressão múltipla da razão de prevalência, sendo o nível de significância adotado de p<0,05. Resultados: Foram classificados como insuficientemente ativo no transporte 87,5%; no lazer, 76,2% dos idosos. A atividade física no transporte, considerada insuficiente, foi significativa entre os idosos com idades mais avançadas, por ter maior escolaridade, e considerar-se insatisfeito com a saúde física comparada na análise, ajustada nos dois modelos (modelo demográfico; modelo demográfico/saúde percebida). No lazer, a atividade física feita de forma insuficiente foi significante nas mulheres, nos homens com idade avançada, nos idosos com menor renda per capita, ao relatar a saúde física comparada e a autopercepção da saúde mental de insatisfeito nos dois modelos ajustados. Conclusão: Os resultados deste estudo apontam para uma alta prevalência de idosos insuficientemente ativos no transporte e no lazer. Nesse sentido, o estudo favorece a realização de novas pesquisas, com a finalidade de identificar as possíveis barreiras pessoais e/ou ambientais para prática da atividade física, e com consequente promoção de atividade física para os idosos de Maceió. / The fast and intense aging of the population in Brazil and in the world seems to be a consequence of a better level of health that happens during certain phases of the existence. However, the necessity to keep the autonomy and the independence of the aged ones has a pertinent relation with their levels of physical activity. Aim: to analyse and identify the level of physical activity and associated factors, in special in the domain of the transports and leisure activities of the aged residents in the urban zone of Maceió. Methods: The applied methodology is the transverse delineation, in a population base, with a sample of 319 old people, 97 men and 222 women, the average age was 69,24 years (± 7.12 years). With a minimum value of 60 years and the maximum one of 92 years old. For evaluation of the physical activity, in special in the domain of transport and leisure, it was applied the "International Questionnaire of Physical Activity" in its long version, with the cutoff point in 150 minutes/week and for evaluation of the health, it was used the Health Scale of De Vitta (2001). The data was analysed through descriptive analysis, Fisher test and analysis of multiple regression of the predominance reason, being the level of signification adopted p <0,05. Results: 87,5% of the old people researched were classified as insufficiently active in the transport area and 76.2% were considered insufficiently in the leisure area. The physical activity in the transport, was considered insufficient, but was significant among the elders with more advanced ages, due to higher schooling and it was considered dissatisfied in the physical health, compared in the analysis, adjusted in the two models (demographic model; demographic model / perceived health). In the leisure area, the physical activity done in an insufficient form was significant among women, with advanced age, in the elders with less per capita income, while reporting the compared physical health and the auto perception of the mental health it was dissatisfied in the two adjusted models. Conclusion: the results of this study point to a high predominance of insufficiently active elders in the transport activity and in the leisure time. This study favors the achievement of new researches, with the purpose of identify the possible personal or environmental barriers for practicing the physical activity, with consequent promotion of physical activity for the elders of Maceió. / TEDE

The thesis aim is to open an imaginary window into the world of specific activities of radio amateur enthusiasts in the period 1945-1995 from the position of perception of this hobby by its actors-radio amateurs, and by this optics to approach some aspects of metamorphic developmental transformation on the background of historical development. Observing the effects of a concurrent varied spectrum of different influences on the development of this community through the interpretation of narratively accented themes will reveal in the historical reflection the process of change in the radio amateur community. The primary concern, therefore, is to look into the transformation of the community through interpretations of narratively accented dynamic themes and, in some cases, indirectly, in some details, point out the implications of the political activity of the then hegemonic forces as its then-defining platform. Within this framework, the outline will outline not only the political-historical context in the sense of the specific interest and professional share of the radio amateur phenomenon on historical events, but also other layers of influence spectrum. By looking at their interaction with political influences, they will try to reveal the backdrop of the hobby and the many layers of this hobby through the...

The purpose of this study was to further clarify the relationship between couple leisure patterns and marital satisfaction by examining the contribution of joint couple leisure involvement, leisure time, and leisure satisfaction to couples' satisfaction with married life. The sample consisted of 48 married couples (N = 96). The Marital Activity Profile (MAP), a modified version of the Family Leisure Activity Profile (FLAP) was used to determine couple leisure involvement in core and balance leisure activities and leisure satisfaction. The Satisfaction With Married Life (SWML), a modified version of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) was used to measure marital satisfaction. Blocked multiple regression analyses indicated a positive relationship between satisfaction with couple leisure and marital satisfaction, specifically satisfaction with core leisure activity patterns. Implications and recommendations for further research are discussed.

La réadaptation gériatrique reconnaît le loisir comme un indicateur clé des résultats de la réadaptation. Cependant, les connaissances théoriques sur le loisir sont peu développées. L’objectif de ce mémoire est de décrire et critiquer des modèles en lien avec le loisir et publiés dans les écrits scientifiques afin d’en dégager les aspects les plus pertinents pour la réadaptation gériatrique. Dix modèles ont été sélectionnés à partir d’une stratégie de recherche bibliographique. Ils ont été analysés sur la base de six critères : 1) le processus de développement du modèle, 2) les concepts, 3) les interactions entre les concepts, 4) l’aspect pratique, 5) la littérature générée et 6) la compatibilité avec les concepts-clés de la réadaptation gériatrique. Les résultats révèlent quatre modèles particulièrement intéressants pour la réadaptation gériatrique, sans pouvoir en dégager un en particulier, chacun présentant des forces et des limites qui sont discutées. De plus, les concepts rattachés au loisir les plus pertinents à retenir selon l’ensemble des modèles concernent: 1) la participation dans les loisirs, 2) la perception de soi face aux loisirs, 3) la motivation dans les loisirs, 4) la satisfaction dans les loisir, 5) les capacités en lien avec les loisirs et 6) l’environnement physique et social. Les résultats de la présente étude se traduiront par une meilleure connaissance des déterminants, caractéristiques et effets du loisir auprès des personnes âgées en processus de réadaptation. / Leisure is a key indicator of successful geriatric rehabilitation. However, there is a need for further development of theoretical knowledge of the role of leisure. The goal of this study was to describe and analyze scientific publications addressing leisure models and to extract the most relevant aspects for the rehabilitation of the elderly. A structured bibliographical search was conducted to select the most pertinent models (n=10). These models were analyzed regarding six criteria: 1) the development process of the model, 2) concepts put forward, 3) the interactions between the various concepts, 4) there practical aspects, 5) the subsequent literature generated and 6) the compatibility with key concepts of rehabilitation. It was concluded that four of the ten models were more pertinent for geriatric rehabilitation. Each model strengths and weaknesses are examined. The most relevant concepts that emerged from all the models are: 1) leisure participation, 2) leisure and self-perception, 3) leisure motivation, 4) leisure satisfaction, 5) leisure capacities and 6) physical and social environment. It is hoped that this study will be a first step in the comprehension of the determinants, characteristics and effects of leisure in the context of geriatric rehabilitation.

This thesis deals with the life of current seniors in the country with regard to their leisure activities. The first part defines key terms, such as aging and old age; senior; active aging; ageism; Leisure, its functions and the factors that affect it. The second section deals with the different types of organized and unorganized leisure activities for seniors. The main part is the qualitative research of the life of seniors in the country. The research was conducted by interviewing fifteen seniors living in rural areas.

BAKGRUND: Föreningslivets hälsofrämjande potential var utgångspunkten för projektet Aktivitet Förebygger (AF) som 2009 startades upp som ett samarbete mellan skolorna och föreningslivet i Ängelholms kommun, i syfte att främja ungdomarnas fysiska och psykiska hälsa. I tidigare studier kring hälsofrämjande interventioner för ungdomar, riktades fokus mot mottagarna av projektet, d.v.s. ungdomarna, men eftersom processen i vilken hälsa främjas och skapas, är lika intresserat ur ett hälsopedagogiskt perspektiv, riktade denna studie istället fokus mot ledarna. SYFTE OCH FRÅGESTÄLLNINGAR: Syftet med studien var att belysa aktivitetsledarskapet i Aktivitet Förebygger ur ett ledarskapsdidaktiskt perspektiv och att be­svara följande frågeställningar, a) Vilka villkor för aktivitetsledarskapet, i form av utmaningar och möjligheter, ger ledarna uttryck för i relation till rollen som aktivitetsledare i AF? b) Vad (vilka värden, kunskaper och erfarenheter etc.) uppger aktivitetsledarna att de vill utveckla hos eleverna inom ramen för AF-aktiviteten och hur förhåller det sig till de hälso­främjande ambitioner som finns för projektet? c) Vilka hälsopedagogiska strategier och metoder ger ledarna uttryck för i relation till den egna AF-aktiviteten, för att uppnå dessa värden, kun­skaper och erfarenheter? METOD: Studien var kvalitativ med hermeneutik­inspirerad ut­gångspunkt, och genomfördes som en intervjustudie med sex aktivitetsledare från såväl idrottsliga som estetetiska verksamheter. RESULTAT: Studien visade att ledarna både såg AF som en möjlighet att marknadsföra den egna aktiviteten mot en bredare publik och att göra något för de ungdomar som står utanför föreningslivet. Däremot framkom att ledarna upp­levde låg motivationsnivå som en utmaning. Dessutom framgick att ledarna hade en bred variation av hälsofrämjande ambitioner, där vissa var direkt relaterade till aktiviteten medan flertalet ambitioner berörde områden som sträcker sig utöver själva aktiviteten såsom att bidra till personlig utveckling och ett socialt kontaktnät. De strategier som om till uttryck var något otydliga, men kunde relateras till de tre områdena, aktivitetsmiljön, aktiviteten som sådan samt till det egna ledarskapet. DISKUSSION OCH SLUTSATS: Den här studien gav en bild av hur aktivitetsledarna beskriver sitt arbete. De hälsofrämjande ambitioner som framfördes med fokus på såväl aktivitetsspecifika som sociala färdigheter, bekräftade resultatet av tidigare studier om ledarskap i ungdomsaktiviteter. Ledarskapets sociala och uppfostrande dimension var framträdande i ledarnas berättelser. Mötet mellan föreningsliv och skol­verksamhet be­skrevs som positivt främst eftersom det utgjorde en kontaktyta mellan föreningarna och ung­domarna. För framtida forskning föreslogs observationsstudier som belyser hur ledarskapet tar sig uttryck i praktiken liksom såväl kvalitativa som kvantitativa studier som belyser ung­domarnas syn på ledarskapet och AF-programmet. / BACKGROUND: The health promoting potential of recreational leisure activities was the starting point for the project Aktivitet Förebygger (AF) which was started up in 2009 as collaboration between the schools and the leisure activity associations in Ängelholm, in order to promote young people’s physical and mental health. In previous studies of health pro­motion interventions for young people, the focus was directed towards the beneficiaries of the project, i.e. the adolescents, but as the process in which health is promoted and created, is equally interesting from a health education perspective, this study focused on the leaders instead. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to highlight the activity-leadership in Aktivitet Förebygger from a didactic perspective and to answer the following questions: a) What conditions for the activity-leadership, in terms of challenges and opportunities, are expressed by the leaders in relation to the role as activity-leaders in the AF? b) What (values, skills and experiences, etc.) do the activity-leaders say they want to develop in pupils during the AF-activity and how does that relate to the promoting aspirations of the project? c) What health education strategies and methods are expressed by the leaders in relation to their own AF-activity, to achieve those values, skills and experiences? METHOD: The study was qualitative, inspired by a hermeneutical approach, and was conducted as an interview study with six activity-leaders from both athletic and esthetic activities. RESULTS: The study showed that leaders both saw AF as an opportunity to present their own activities to a wider audience as well as to do something for those young people not participating in recreational leisure activities. However, it emerged that the leaders experienced a low level of motivation, as a challenge. Moreover, it appeared that the leaders had a wide variety of health promotion aspirations, some of which were directly related to the activity, while the majority of the aspirations concerned areas that extended beyond the activity itself, such as personal develop­ment and contributing to a social network. The strategies expressed by the leaders, were somewhat unclear, but could be related to the three areas, activity environment, activity as such and to the leaders’ own leadership. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: This study provided an insight of how the activity-leaders describe their work. The health promoting aspirations expressed, focusing on activity itself, as well as on specific social skills, confirmed the results of previous studies on leader­ship in youth activities. The social and educative dimension of the leadership was prominent in the leaders’ narratives. The meeting between the leisure activity associations and schools were described in positive words, mainly due to the contact area created between the associa­tions and the adolescents. For future research observational studies that illustrate how the leadership is manifested in practice was suggested, as well as both qualitative and quantita­tive studies that illustrate the youths’ views on the leadership and the AF-program as a whole.

La réadaptation gériatrique reconnaît le loisir comme un indicateur clé des résultats de la réadaptation. Cependant, les connaissances théoriques sur le loisir sont peu développées. L’objectif de ce mémoire est de décrire et critiquer des modèles en lien avec le loisir et publiés dans les écrits scientifiques afin d’en dégager les aspects les plus pertinents pour la réadaptation gériatrique. Dix modèles ont été sélectionnés à partir d’une stratégie de recherche bibliographique. Ils ont été analysés sur la base de six critères : 1) le processus de développement du modèle, 2) les concepts, 3) les interactions entre les concepts, 4) l’aspect pratique, 5) la littérature générée et 6) la compatibilité avec les concepts-clés de la réadaptation gériatrique. Les résultats révèlent quatre modèles particulièrement intéressants pour la réadaptation gériatrique, sans pouvoir en dégager un en particulier, chacun présentant des forces et des limites qui sont discutées. De plus, les concepts rattachés au loisir les plus pertinents à retenir selon l’ensemble des modèles concernent: 1) la participation dans les loisirs, 2) la perception de soi face aux loisirs, 3) la motivation dans les loisirs, 4) la satisfaction dans les loisir, 5) les capacités en lien avec les loisirs et 6) l’environnement physique et social. Les résultats de la présente étude se traduiront par une meilleure connaissance des déterminants, caractéristiques et effets du loisir auprès des personnes âgées en processus de réadaptation. / Leisure is a key indicator of successful geriatric rehabilitation. However, there is a need for further development of theoretical knowledge of the role of leisure. The goal of this study was to describe and analyze scientific publications addressing leisure models and to extract the most relevant aspects for the rehabilitation of the elderly. A structured bibliographical search was conducted to select the most pertinent models (n=10). These models were analyzed regarding six criteria: 1) the development process of the model, 2) concepts put forward, 3) the interactions between the various concepts, 4) there practical aspects, 5) the subsequent literature generated and 6) the compatibility with key concepts of rehabilitation. It was concluded that four of the ten models were more pertinent for geriatric rehabilitation. Each model strengths and weaknesses are examined. The most relevant concepts that emerged from all the models are: 1) leisure participation, 2) leisure and self-perception, 3) leisure motivation, 4) leisure satisfaction, 5) leisure capacities and 6) physical and social environment. It is hoped that this study will be a first step in the comprehension of the determinants, characteristics and effects of leisure in the context of geriatric rehabilitation.