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- Title
Family Recreation Zones as a Supportive Environment for Physical Activity in the Opinion of Its Users.
- Authors
Szopa, Sylwia; Sas-Nowosielski, Krzysztof
- Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to examine how the relatively new initiative supporting active leisure of people, i.e., Family Recreation Zones, is perceived by its users. Data were collected from 215 persons aged 13 to 96 (M=44.19, SD 18.08). For nearly nine in ten persons Zones are the only space where they spend their leisure time actively. The main attractors are free access and the open air. Interestingly, for many respondents the proximity of playgrounds was not a benefit but rather a barrier to visiting Zones. Other barriers were the season of the year, a modest range of exercise devices, their damage, poor illumination, a perceived lack of safety and a lack of professional support during exercising.
- Subjects
FAMILY recreation; PHYSICAL activity; OUTDOOR recreation; EXERCISE; PHYSICAL fitness research
- Publication
New Educational Review, 2016, Vol 43, Issue 1, p117
- ISSN
1732-6729
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15804/tner.2016.43.1.09