JE LI SLOBODNO VRIJEME PRESLOBODNO? PROBLEMI DEFINIRANJA SLOBODNOG VREMENA I KLASIFIKACIJE SLOBODNIH AKTIVNOSTI
IS FREE TIME TO FREE? PROBLEMS WITH DEFINING FREE TIME AND CLASSIFYING LEISURE ACTIVITIES

Summary/Abstract: The time we spend at work or school often makes up the majority of our waking hours in the day, but we still have a significant amount of time that we can consider free. The positive effects of leisure time on the physical and mental health of individuals, but also on the functioning of society as a whole, have been demonstrated in numerous studies, despite the various problems that exist in this area. Researchers studying leisure encounter many obstacles, from terminology, to problems with the number and clarity of definitions of key terms, to problems with the taxonomy of leisure activities and the methods used to measure them. The aim of this paper is to give a brief overview of the problem of defining leisure and classifying leisure activities and to discuss possible solutions. In addition, the most common research methods in this area, which approach the definitions and classifications of activities in different ways, are briefly presented and compared. In the final part of the paper, possible solutions to the problem of conceptualising leisure and suitable research approaches are considered.

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