Raymond A. Poff

Family leisure satisfaction and satisfaction with family life.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between family leisure satisfaction and satisfaction with family life. Zabriskies Family Leisure Activity Profile was used to measure family leisure satisfaction. The Satisfaction with Family Life Scale was used to measure satisfaction with family life. The sample consisted of 898 families from throughout the United States. Results indicated a relationship between all family leisure satisfaction variables and satisfaction with family life. Data collected from parents and youth provided insight into the relationship between family leisure satisfaction and satisfaction with family life. At the parent, youth, and family levels, core family leisure satisfaction was most correlated with satisfaction with family life. These findings provide implications for researchers, parents, and family professionals.

Modeling family leisure and related family constructs: a national study of U.S. parent and youth perspectives.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to begin the development of a broad model that could examine the structural relationships between family leisure involvement, family functioning, family communication, family leisure satisfaction, and satisfaction with family life among a large sample of families (n = 898) from the United States. Findings from both parent and youth perspectives were consistent with previous studies that examined the same variables individually and provided a possible picture of how these family variables might relate to one another in the broader context of family leisure. Slight differences between the parent and youth models added further insight and reemphasized the value related to examining family variables from different perspectives within families. Implications, limitations, and recommendations were discussed.

Australian family leisure: modelling parent and youth data.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to test a recently developed broad structural model which examines the relationships between family leisure involvement, family functioning, family communication, family leisure satisfaction, and satisfaction with family life among a large sample of families from Australia (n = 1014). Participating families provided responses to family variables from both a parent (n = 902) and an adolescent child (n = 810) in the household. Structural equation modelling was employed and the fit indices from the parent and youth structural equation models were quite similar to each other, with both exhibiting a reasonable fit of the data. This study provides some insight into Australian family leisure perspectives and assists in providing a more global view of family leisure constructs. Implications, limitations, and recommendations are discussed.

Family Leisure Functioning: A Cross-National Study

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to, first, determine whether positive relationships between family leisure (involvement and satisfaction) and family outcomes (cohesion, adaptability, family functioning, and satisfaction with family life) were present in a multinational sample, and second, determine whether the core and balance model could provide a consistent framework for between country comparisons of relationships between family leisure and family outcome variables cross nationally. Families were recruited from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Data were analyzed using blocked multiple regression models, and generalized linear models to compare relationships across countries. Overall, findings indicated positive relationships between family leisure and family outcomes were consistent across all five countries. Some differences in relationship strength, not directionality, occurred primarily in family leisure involvement rather than family leisure satisfaction.

Constraints, environmental intentions, intuition, and sanitation: Editors’ notes

This issue of the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership is the second since soliciting and publishing manuscripts in the recently added categories (Essays, Practices, and Commentaries; and Research Notes). While we have seen some increase in the variety of manuscript submissions, we want to ask you, the authors, readers and reviewers, to continue to encourage colleagues to take advantage of the JOREL as a place to publish a variety of papers all related to outdoor recreation, education, and leadership.

Celebrating the past and looking ahead: Editors' notes

This year, 2014, the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership celebrates its fifth anniversary. The first issue was published in the first half of 2009 under the editorial leadership of Dr. Aram Attarian. Now in our 16th issue, the papers published in JOREL continue to further our understanding of outdoor recreation, education, and leadership. This publication is successfully disseminating high quality papers in a timely manner. We hope the two recently announced submission categories (Essays, Practices, and Commentaries; and Research Notes) will facilitate additional publication opportunities for a wider range of manuscript types.

Diversifying our contributions: Editors' notes 6(1)

This is the first issue of the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership following the journal advisory groups approval of submission and review criteria for two new submission categories. Similar to its original intent, the journal continues to address many different aspects of outdoor recreation, education, and leadership. As discussed in the last issue, the formal creation of the new categories helps delineate differences and assists authors and reviewers. The three submission categories now include: 1) Regular Papers : quantitative and/or qualitative research and conceptual or theoretical discussions (generally 20-30 double-spaced pages including all references, tables, and figures) 2) Essays, Practices, and Commentaries [new] (generally 8-10 double-spaced pages including all references, tables, and figures) 3) Research Notes [new] (generally 8-10 double-spaced pages including all references, tables, and figures).

Connecting with nature: A matter of significance

From 2010-2013, a special issue of the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership (JOREL) was published each year containing research symposium abstracts from the AORE (Association for Outdoor Recreation and Education) Research Symposium and the Outdoor Leadership Research Symposium (OLRS). Due in large part to author interest in submitting full manuscripts instead of abstracts, this regular issue of the JOREL includes select abstracts presented at the 9th Annual AORE (Association for Outdoor Recreation and Education) Research Symposium in College Park, Maryland, November 6-9, 2013.

Despite varying outdoor affiliations: The continued need to collaborate

This special issue of the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership (JOREL) is a compilation of research abstracts presented at the 8th Annual AORE (Association for Outdoor Recreation and Education) Research Symposium in Snowbird, UT, November 8-10, 2012, and the 5th Annual Outdoor Leadership Research Symposium (OLRS) held at the 2013 WEA Outdoor Education Colloquium in Black Mountain, NC, February 15-17, 2013. Numerous contributors provided some of the most current research related to outdoor recreation, education, and leadership. Each of the abstracts in this issue received a double-blind, peer-review process to ensure the quality of the work published here. Three other JOREL special issues covering abstracts from previous years of these two symposiums were published in 2012 (Volume 4, Issue 2), 2011 (Volume 3, Issue 2) and 2010 (Volume 2, Issue 2).

Improving awareness of outdoor recreation research by keeping good company: Editors' notes

On behalf of the editorial team, I am pleased to present this issue of the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education and Leadership. The journal continues to receive a variety of papers– all addressing various aspects of outdoor recreation, education and leadership. A paper by Hayashi and Ewert begins the issue by investigating the development of emotional intelligence among participants in a Wilderness Education Association course. Their study found that participation in an outdoor leadership program did elevate levels of emotional intelligence. Their work continues to add to our understanding of this construct and its application in outdoor leadership.