Development of a Typology of Common Adolescent Free Time Activities: A Validation and Extension of Kleiber, Larson, and Csikszentmihalyi

Kleiber, Larson, and Csikszentmihalyi (1986) recently reported a study in which experience sampling data were used to develop a typology of common adolescent free time activities. This paper describes an attempt to validate the typology through further analysis of data from that study. Cluster analysis was applied to a matrix of subjective state distances between ten common adolescent leisure activities. Results provided support for the original two cluster typology but also indicated the existence of a homogeneous third cluster and the potential need for additional interpretation of one of the original clusters. In addition, the empirical and conceptual possibility of considering a five cluster typology is explored.