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Perceived Leisure Freedom and Activity Involvement among Mexican American Adolescents

Bobby Guinn

Tom Semper

Layne Jorgensen

The University of Texas-Pan American

This study examined the influence of perceptions of freedom in leisure on Mexican American adolescents' activity involvement. Subjects, 121 boys and 169 girls, ranged in age from 14 to 17 years and were drawn from a predominantly Mexican American population located in South Texas. Data were gathered through a self-report survey instrument consisting of a perceived freedom in leisure scale and an activity index. Results indicated a significant negative relationship between less perceived freedom to choose and participation as well as gender differences in perception of freedom from constraints to participating. Among boys, inability to satisfy intrinsic needs emerged as the strongest explanation of nonparticipation, whereas for girls lack of competence was.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 18, No. 3, 356-366 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/07399863960183006
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