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2 samples of 49 and 91 undergraduates rated how much they would feel like participating in each of a set of leisure activities in each of 10 hypothetical situations. The resulting matrices of responses were analyzed into the estimated variance components associated with persons, situations, modes of response, and their various interactions. These sources of variance in leisure behavior were compared to those reported by N. S. Endler and J. Hunt for hostility and anxiety. The results show major differences between the relative contributions of the sources of variance to leisure behavior and their contributions to hostility and anxiety. There were also some differences between the sexes in sources of variance, both within and across the 3 domains of behavior. In addition, the implications of 2 classical views of leisure behavior were tested by comparing the Persons × Modes of Response and Situations × Modes of Response interaction variances. Results support both views, although sex differences suggest that these classical views might be differentially applicable to males and females. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
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