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The Effects of Leisure Programs on Social Hostility and Stress Reduction of Prisoners at a Correctional Institute

  • Journal of Tourism Sciences
  • Abbr : JTS
  • 2009, 33(7), pp.269-289
  • Publisher : The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Social Science > Tourism

Park, Joung-Koo 1

1동국대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study was to examine the effects of leisure programs on social hostility and stress reduction of prisoners. Data were collected from 85 prisoners in a correctional institute, Korea. The results indicated that. the most preferable leisure activities among the prisoners was the appreciation of the music, followed by watching the movie film and running in the playground. Results also showed that almost all the preferable hypothetical leisure programs made positive effects on reducing social hostility and stress of the prisoners Finally, it turned out that the prisoners preferred self chosen leisure activities with partners to allocated leisure activities without partners. This suggests that prisoners might have a similar pattern of leisure preference with ordinary citizens.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.