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The Importance of Programmed Leisure

The Importance of Programmed Leisure. chapter. 1. Russell & Jamieson. Leisure Programs. Programs are the application of the human, fiscal, and other resources of an agency to provide systematic and purposeful recreation activities or events.

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The Importance of Programmed Leisure

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  1. The Importance of Programmed Leisure chapter 1 Russell & Jamieson

  2. Leisure Programs • Programs are the application of the human, fiscal, and other resources of an agency to provide systematic and purposeful recreation activities or events. • Programmers facilitate leisure activities; through leadership, they guide, extend, and maximize how one’s leisure behavior is expressed.

  3. Leisure Benefits • Leisure can contribute to our emotional, physical, and social well-being. • Some experiences are “peak” experiences. • What is “flow?” • How can leisure provide for our well-being?

  4. Emotional Benefits Leisure can provide the conditions necessary for positive emotions. • Self-expression • Exploration of talents and potential • Self-affirmation • Mental health

  5. Physical Benefits • Active leisure improves the cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal, metabolic, and endocrine systems. • Numerous activities provide necessary benefits when regularly participated in for 20 minutes. • An active lifestyle decreases fatigue and protects from obesity. • Are there other physical benefits?

  6. Social Benefits • Social behavior is the reciprocal exchange between two or more individuals. Most of these interactions for both children and adults happen during leisure. • The higher the leisure friendship and leisure companionship, the higher the perception of being healthy (Iso-Ahola & Park, 1996). • Leisure plays a role in the development of family (Orthner & Mancini, 1991).

  7. Threats to Well-Being • Stress results when there is an imbalance between the demand and the capability to deal with a threat to well-being (Hood & Carruthers, 2002). • The ability to deal with stress can be enhanced through leisure experiences.

  8. Leisure and Well-Being Emotional, physical, and social benefits of leisure can be expressed by the following: • Wellness • Life satisfaction • Quality of life

  9. Wellness Wellness is an approach to individual health that emphasizes individual responsibility for well-being (Hurley & Schaadt, 1992). • Eating nutritious food • Not smoking • Participating in healthy leisure pursuits

  10. Life Satisfaction • Life satisfaction involves feeling happy and content about life. • It is an internal, subjective, emotional condition. • Opportunities for self-expression and certain leisure pursuits can make us happy!

  11. Quality of Life • Quality of life is an individual’s position within the context of his or her culture and value system (World Health Organization, 2001). • Having leisure options and resources is part of the necessary package for high quality of life.

  12. Collective Contribution • Leisure is of vital importance to us collectively by contributing to the well-being of our neighborhoods, communities, regions, states, provinces, nations, and world. • Leisure offers important cultural benefits. • Youth-at-risk programs contribute to society. (continued)

  13. Collective Contribution (continued) • Leisure is at the heart of economics as the desire and ability to purchase leisure goods and services expands. • Leisure is an economic “tool.”

  14. Programmed Leisure and Well-Being • A great deal of leisure is unorganized, without guidance or sponsorship. • Organized leisure is programmed leisure. • Programmed leisure describes leisure experiences that are sponsored and organized by an agency or business that assesses interests, schedules activities, provides leadership and equipment, maintains the facility, and evaluates the result. • Programmed leisure is intentional conceptualization of a leisure experience.

  15. Philosophical Premise of Programmed Leisure • Self-esteem • Return convalescent patients to independent living • Build positive public relations • Pay expenses • Youth at risk • Rest and diversion • Peace and spirituality • Risk • Play • The program has a specific aim! (continued)

  16. Philosophical Premise of Programmed Leisure (continued) • Philosophy means a set of basic values and beliefs that guide behavior. • Philosophical approaches address different human needs: • Pragmatism (practical consequences) • Idealism (people should work toward perfection) • Realism (cause and effect) (continued)

  17. Philosophical Premise of Programmed Leisure (continued) • Humanism (what happens to individuals) • Existentialism (freedom is the most important quality) • The philosophical approach used by the programmer will influence your understanding of leisure’s role in providing for the well-being of individuals and communities.

  18. Does Programming Work? • Research says yes. • Programmed leisure experiences can make a difference in individual and community lives. • What is the challenge of programmers? • To continue to provide leisure experiences that improve wellness, life satisfaction, and the quality of life by contributing to the emotional, physical, and social well-being of a very broad range of participants

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