Young Adolescents’ Leisure: A cross-cultural and cross-sectional study of Dutch and German 10–15 year-olds: Forschung Soziologie, cartea 121

List of Contents.- 1: Young adolescents and their leisure.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Position of the present study within contemporary discourses on childhood and youth.- 1.3 Contemporary sociological debates on the leisure of young adolescents.- 1.4 Research questions and research context.- 1.5 The structure of the present study.- 2: Method.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Cross-cultural research.- 2.3 Cross-sectional age research.- 2.4 The survey.- 2.5 Translation issues.- 2.6 Sample and administration procedure.- 2.7 Methods of analyses.- 2.8 Conclusion.- 3: The leisure patterns of young adolescents.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Leisure research in the Netherlands: A bird’s-eye view.- 3.3 The German parallel study.- 3.4 Research questions and expectations.- 3.5 Results.- 3.6 Discussion and cross-cultural comparison.- Appendix to chapter 3.- 4: The role of parents and peers in the leisure activities of young adolescents.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Theoretical approaches in leisure and peer studies.- 4.3 Research questions and expectations.- 4.4 Results.- 4.5 Discussion and cross-cultural comparison.- Appendix to chapter 4.- 5: Parent-child relationships in early adolescence.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Empirical research on the parent-child relationship in the Netherlands.- 5.3 The German parallel study.- 5.4 Research questions and expectations.- 5.5 Results.- 5.6 Discussion.- Appendix to chapter 5: Dutch and German component loadings.- 6: Discussion and conclusions.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Theoretical gain and pedagogical relevance of the present study.- 6.3 Recommendations for future research.- References.

Do contemporary children have busy "leisure-diaries" that approximate the appointment diary of real-life managers? Do present-day children spend their leisure time mainly with peers at the expense of spending time with their parents? These issues are dealt with within a cross-cultural comparison between Dutch and German 10 to 15 year-olds. In Germany as well as the Netherlands, highly differentiated leisure patterns are found.