Measurement for Leisure Services and Leisure Studies

Description

Measurement for Leisure Services and Leisure Studies tells you how to gather the information you need to run successful programs in leisure, recreation and parks, corporate recreation, hospitality, and health care settings. Professionals reading this book will learn how to accurately and meaningfully measure the success of their programs and discover ways to improve the services they provide. Students will learn how to evaluate existing assessments and create new assessments that meet validity and reliability standards. The book includes sample assessments and discussions of measurement for the following areas:
* Leisure Involvement
* Leisure Attitude
* Leisure Motivation
* Leisure and Free Time Boredom
* Leisure Interests
* Leisure Satisfaction
* Playfulness and Humor
* Leisure Administration and Supervision Measurements

For each topic the book provides:
* Existing leisure and recreation measurements
* Methods used to create standardized and non-standardized measurements
* Detailed understanding of the current state of the constructs

There are sample forms for 53 assessments, many of which can be used without charge. The information, combined with existing instruments that measure aspects of recreation and leisure in an accurate, meaningful, and practical manner, will let you select quality assessment tools and develop your own valid and reliable measurements.

For recreational therapy programs, we continue to recommend Assessment Tools for Recreational Therapy and Related Fields, which is specifically designed for therapy situations. This book provides all the information you need for measurement in the broader field of providing recreation and other leisure services.

About the Author

Mounir G. Ragheb, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus at the Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida; having served in the department of Sport and Recreation Management, College of Education. During his tenure he:
* Participated in developing eight standardized measurements that are used in practice and research studies in many different countries.
* Conducted scientific studies on how leisure domains relate to wellness, stress, vitality, boredom or lack of boredom, life satisfaction, and quality of life.
* Presented and published nationally and internationally scholar reports and scientific studies in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
* Served as a graduate coordinator and participated in supervising Master’s theses and Doctoral dissertations at the Florida State University.

For ten years, he taught graduate classes to Master’s students from all over South America, Central America, and Mexico through the Pan American Institute of Physical Education and Recreation, located in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to Measurement

References
Index