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Games Theory, Television and Leisure: An Adolescent Study
Author(s) -
HENDRY L. B.,
THORNTON D. J. E.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1976.tb00048.x
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , class (philosophy) , psychology , asceticism , social psychology , social class , order (exchange) , computer science , archaeology , finance , artificial intelligence , political science , law , economics , history , programming language
Sutton‐Smith's games typologies of potency, strategy, and fortunism were applied to television viewing preferences in order to: (1) construct a television classification based on Sutton‐Smith's three types; and (2) ascertain whether or not 204 adolescents designated as potents, strategists and fortunists could be distinguished in terms of their games involvement, attitudes to sport and social class. Results suggested that adolescents who prefer television programmes which represent a given lifestyle exhibit characteristics similar to Sutton‐Smith's original descriptions. Potents were distinguished by risk‐taking, favourable ascetic attitudes to games and to some extent by non‐manual social class; strategists by favourable social attitudes to games and non‐manual social class; and fortunists by lower social class and favourable attitudes to games of chance. In addition, male potents and strategists were significantly more often involved in games playing in their leisure time than fortunists.