Profiles of Shared Family Leisure Activities and Their Relationship With Parents’ Critical Thinking

This study analyzes family shared leisure profiles considering the purposes of the activities and their supports (offline and online). Furthermore, the relationship between these shared leisure profiles and sociodemographic variables, time allocated to leisure, and the critical thinking competence of parents or legal guardians is analysed. The participating families (parents or legal guardians) of children enrolled in the Autonomous Community of Cantabria (Spain) in Early Childhood Education and Primary Education were a total of 964. Cluster analyses are conducted to create profiles and non-parametric analyses to study their relationship with the other variables. The results provide an overview of shared family leisure in four profiles: High Off-Online, High Offline, Medium Off-Online, and Low Off-Online. These profiles are linked to the time dedicated to family leisure, the educational stage of children, and critical thinking in the choice of leisure activities. The offspring of families who dedicate more time to offline and online leisure (High offline and High off-online) are in educational stages of Early Childhood and Primary. Moreover, higher scores in critical thinking are observed in parents, mothers, or legal guardians with the more active leisure profile (High off-online).