RLS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gender Identity

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: RLS100
• Professor: Elizabeth Halpenny

Document Summary

Favourite or least favourite quotation (and page number): People who have high levels of well-being also contribute more positively to the quality of community life and make the world a better place to live for others. This sounds, of course, rather lofty, but the consequences of low levels of well-being for both individuals and their surroundings are harmful and costly. In this chapter, we explore leisure"s role in our physical, social, emotional, and intellectual, growth and well-being throughout our lives. To start, we lay forth foundational understandings of well-being and building block concepts such as life span and development and health. (pg. 70) Because our primary interest is in leisure, let"s introduce a concept within leisure that illustrates the life span perspective. This is the idea of core plus balance. (pg. 71) Leisure"s role in the physical development of adolescents is also significant. (pg. 75)