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Associating leisure with drinking: current research and future directions
Author(s) -
KUNZ JEAN LOCK
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239700186331
Subject(s) - leisure time , psychology , leisure studies , survey research , alcohol abuse , current (fluid) , sociology of leisure , environmental health , applied psychology , medicine , political science , sociology , engineering , physical activity , psychiatry , recreation , social science , physical therapy , electrical engineering , law
This paper has two components: (1) a survey of current research relating drinking with leisure, and (2) suggestions for future studies in the area. A total of 43 relevant journal articles published between 1980 and 1994 were located via an on‐line search. Results of these studies generally fall under one of the following themes: (1) alcohol is an integral part of leisure experience, (2) drinking is an impediment to leisure, (3) participation in active leisure reduces alcohol use/abuse, and (4) drinking and leisure have no relations. Overall, it was found that current research suffered an overdependence on special populations and a lack of robust instruments measuring either drinking or leisure. Suggestions for future research were provided, such as better research design and greater integration of leisure into alcohol research.