Review article
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v24i2.4486
Quality of Youth Leisure – Traits and Opportunities for Prevention Planning
Matea Belošević
orcid.org/0000-0001-7283-6585
; Laboratory for Prevention Research - PrevLab Department of Behavioural Disorders Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Zagreb Borongajska cesta 83f, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marta Ferić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4807-5701
; Laboratory for Prevention Research - PrevLab Department of Behavioural Disorders Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences University of Zagreb Borongajska cesta 83f, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to give a critic overview on the context of leisure, from
defining to analysing contribution of leisure to developmental outcomes of children
and youth, and to reach a conclusion based on comprehensive analysis. Leisure can
be viewed as an important context that promotes the positive, healthy and normative
developmental pathway of adolescents. On the other hand, leisure can represent
a context that carries with it risk factors for youth involvement risk behaviours.
LACE Model (Leisure Activity-Context-Experience Model) is a model focused on
understanding adolescent development through leisure (Caldwell, 2005; Caldwell,
2011) and is presented in this paper in greater detail. Furthermore, this paper gives
an overview of research studies linking quality of leisure with youth developmental
outcomes. Evaluation research of interventions based on leisure did not provide
unambiguous answers regarding their efficiency, therefore a need still exists for
scientific studies to find answers on the conditions in which structured leisure time,
i.e., interventions in the context of children’s and youth’s leisure, can lead to positive
developmental outcomes.
Keywords
developmental outcomes for children and youth; LACE model; leisure
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Publication date:
15.7.2022.
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