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Samdahl, Diane Marie 2014-12-16T04:26:10Z 2014-12-16T04:26:10Z 10000-01-01 1986 1986 Leisure is characterized by perceived freedom from the constraining aspects of social role obligations. It is a distinctive relationship between the individual and the social milieu which allows a form of self-expression often inhibited in other social contexts. This view is strongly supported by theories of social interaction and the self; however, it is somewhat different than other current models of leisure. In order to evaluate this perspective, a study was designed to assess social role constraint and self-expression as experienced in everyday social contexts. Nineteen individuals were given electronic pagers for one week. At random times throughout the day they received a signal on the pager and completed a brief questionnaire to describe aspects of the immediate social context. Of the 769 responses, one third (36%) were described as leisure. LISREL analysis confirmed that freedom from social role constraint and freedom for self-expression were important concomitants of the leisure context. Without self-expression, freedom from role constraints was empty and anomic; however, with self-expression freedom from role constraints was pleasant and engaging. The importance of self-expression broadens our understanding of the freedom within leisure, and links leisure to an authenticity of experience qualitatively distinct from the "bad faith" of more common existence. Leisure offers a valuable opportunity for the holistic affirmation of oneself, and is an important realm of social experience. Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-16T04:26:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 8623401.pdf: 7650330 bytes, checksum: a9693a4f7f956ad0c754ba47d6db2d26 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1986 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 71109 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 210 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/70943 (UMI)AAI8623401 Sociology, General The Self and Social Freedom: A Paradigm of Leisure (Interaction Theory, Self-Expression) text Leisure Studies Leisure Studies University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.