Five-Year Stability of Leisure Activity and Motivation Factors

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This study examined the five-year stability of leisure participation and motivation factors among 139 community residents. As measured by a list of 113 leisure activities based on the Leisure Activities Blank (McKechnie, 1975), 5 participation factors comprising sports/recreation, easy living, domestic, organizational, and intellectual activities showed five-year stability coefficients ranging from.44 to.71. Six factors measuring motivations for engaging in a favorite leisure activity—achievement, supervising others, social interaction, creativity, physical activity, and mental activity—showed stability coefficients ranging from.24 to.50. Analyses of corrections for attenuation indicated the observed stabilities could have been raised substantially in several cases if the internal consistency reliability coefficients for both time periods had been at the.90 level. The results of a variance components analysis revealed relatively large proportions of variability attributable to between-subject differences and subject-by-time interaction. The generalizability of leisure constructs was discussed in the context of recent suggestions that the study of human behavior is tantamount to the study of contemporary history and culture-specific phenomena.

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