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The reliability and norms of the Leisure Diagnostic Battery for undergraduate recreation majors who are deaf

  • Carol Cutler Riddick EMAIL logo
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 10. Mai 2011
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International Journal on Disability and Human Development
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Abstract

The Leisure Diagnostic Battery (LDB) is a theoretically based self-report instrument that has found wide acceptance in the therapeutic recreation community. Psychometric documentation on the LDB Long Form A is available. There is, however, a paucity of psychometric information on the Long Form C adult version. In order to investigate the reliability of Parts I, II, and III of the LDB Form C scales, as well as derive preliminary normative data, test results from 54 college students who are deaf were analyzed. In order to measure a set of homogeneous constructs in this particular population, the results of reliability analyses supported dropping one of the subscales (Needs) and adjusting the remaining four subscales of the Perceived Freedom in Leisure scale (Competence, Control, Depth of Involvement, and Playfulness). Only two of the eight subscales of the Barriers to Leisure Involvement (time and money) emerged as viable instrumentation to use with college students who are deaf. In terms of activity and style preferences of deaf collegians, sports and nature/outdoor activities emerged as popular activity domains; whereas stylistically, this population preferred group, active, and risk activities. Normative data for the sample are presented and compared with results reported for hearing college students. The findings provide support for attribution theory and indicate that deaf college students experience independence and freedom as well as successful leisure engagements.

Keywords: assessment tool; college students; deaf people; leisure; United States
Corresponding author: Prof. Carol Cutler Riddick, PhD, Department of Physical Education and Recreation, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave N.E., Washington, DC, USA
Received: 2010-10-5
Accepted: 2010-12-10
Published Online: 2011-05-10
Published in Print: 2011-05-01

©2011 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijdhd.2011.025
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assessment tool; college students; deaf people; leisure; United States

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Publisher's Note
  2. Publisher's Note
  3. EDITORIAL
  4. Leisure across the life course
  5. REVIEWS
  6. Stop aging and start living: the theory and practice of positive aging
  7. Efficacy of leisure experiences in controlling the onset of dementia in older adults
  8. ORIGINAL ARTICLES
  9. Leisure participation and the life, health, leisure and retirement satisfaction of retirees: a case study of Port Macquarie, Australia
  10. Yoga as a means to negotiate physical activity constraints in middle-aged and older adults
  11. Cultural participation of older adults: investigating the contribution of lowbrow and highbrow activities to social integration and satisfaction with life
  12. Reconstructing leisure in adapting to chronic illness in later life: emotional and behavioral strategies
  13. Older adults’ computer use: a case study of participants’ involvement with a SeniorNet program
  14. Leisure and disability: Mobility Assist program for aging and older adults
  15. Increasing the self-efficacy of individuals with a disability through a theory-based curriculum applied to playing golf
  16. The reliability and norms of the Leisure Diagnostic Battery for undergraduate recreation majors who are deaf
  17. Book reviews
  18. Book reviews
  19. Book reviews
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