ABSTRACT

Young People's Leisure and Lifestyles covers new ground in examining the importance of leisure in the socialization and self-identities of young people. It is in the realm of leisure that young people truly become themselves. Leisure time is the period when difference lifestyles can be tried and exchanged and self and group identities developed.

chapter 1|20 pages

Adolescence and adolescent lifestyles

chapter 3|22 pages

Young people and leisure

chapter 4|16 pages

Young people and sport

chapter 5|14 pages

School and work

chapter 6|21 pages

Young people and families

chapter 7|17 pages

Young people, peers and friends

chapter 8|28 pages

Young people and health

chapter 9|11 pages

Developing lifestyles in adolescence

chapter 10|11 pages

Some concluding thoughts