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Personal development through leisure is far too subtle and profound to make its way into the popular mind. That is, the central processes in this development lead to self-fulfillment, which because this can take years, is only possible by way of the serious pursuits. We look first at personal agency and its central role in self-motivated and self-directed learning. Discussions of leisure career, individuality, and addictive leisure round out the chapter. The general public knows (sometimes erroneously) about addiction. Indeed, its members are often quick to maintain that a friend or relative is “addicted” to computer games or Internet browsing, Meanwhile, casual leisure figures in the participant’s developmental process primarily as a respite from the intense involvement that comes with the serious pursuits.
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Stebbins, R.A. (2017). Personal Development Through Leisure. In: Leisure’s Legacy . Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59794-2_10
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