Examining adolescent leisure time across cultures
Subtitle: developmental opportunities and risks
By: Suman Verma, Reed Larson, editors.
Contributors: Verma, Suman.; Larson, Reed, 1950-
Series: New directions for child and adolescent development -- no. 99; Jossey-Bass education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Teenagers -- Cross-cultural studies; Leisure -- Sociological aspects
Notes: "Spring 2003."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Korean adolescents' "Examination Hell" and their use of free time -- Meery Lee; title: Japanese adolescents' free time: Juku, bukatsu, and government efforts to create more meaningful leisure -- Hitoshi J. Nishino, Reed Larson; title: Cultural continuity amid social change : adolescents' use of free time in India -- Suman Verma, Deepali Sharma; title: Adolescents' leisure time in the United States : Partying, sports, and the American experiment -- Reed Larson, Sean Seepersad; title: Adolescent leisure across European nations -- August Flammer, Brigitta Schaffner; title: Italian adolescents and leisure : the role of engagement and optimal experience -- Antonella Delle Fave, Marta Bassi; title: Contextual constraints on adolescents' leisure -- Rainer K. Silbereisen.; title: INDEX.