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Vocational psychologists and educationalists have tended to attribute greater importance to the process of career choice than to the leisure behaviour of adolescents. This article summarizes a study of the leisure behaviour of Dublin adolescents and their perceptions of work and leisure. The study related their behaviour and perceptions to sex, intelligence, self-esteem and social class. The results showed that while both sexes perceived work and leisure positively, girls were more oriented towards work than boys. Work and leisure were also interpreted more favourably by the more intelligent adolescents and by those with greater self-esteem. Working-class respondents attached greater value to leisure activities which might enhance their job prospects.
James A. Chamberlain (Sat,) studied this question.