Antecedents of family leisure involvement: an integrated model from adolescents’ cognitive, affective and behavioral perspectives

Antecedents of family leisure involvement: an integrated model from adolescents’ cognitive, affective and behavioral perspectives

This study investigates the possible relations between family leisure involvement and its antecedents (i.e. perceived parental power, parental attachment and family support). Cluster sampling was used to obtain a sample of youth from the populations of three areas of Taiwan. Data were collected through a group administered selfcompletion survey. This procedure resulted in 880 valid responses. The results indicated statistics showed that perceived parental power, parental attachment and family support were major predictors of the family leisure involvement. Furthermore, all dimensions of perceived parental power, except outcome-control power, were significant predictors of the core and balance family leisure patterns; communication and reversed alienation were significant predictors of the core family leisure patterns; and all dimensions of parental attachment were significant predictors of the balance family leisure patterns.