A comparison of immediate and retrospective affective reports in leisure contexts
公開日 2019.01.15
An article written by Dr. Eiji Ito (Wakayama University), Prof. Gordon J. Walker (Distinguished University Professor, Wakayama University / Professor, University of Alberta) and Dr. Shintaro Kono (CTR Visiting Fellow / Southern Illinois University) has been published in the Journal of Leisure Research.
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Title
A comparison of immediate and retrospective affective reports in leisure contexts
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Authors
Eiji Ito, Faculty of Tourism, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan
Gordon J. Walker, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Shintaro Kono, Department of Public Health and Recreation Professions, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA
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Source
Journal of Leisure Research, 2019
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2018.1552486
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222216.2018.1552486
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Abstract
Moment- and memory-based leisure experiences appear to differ. Furthermore, prior research indicates that retrospective affective reports do not converge with their immediate counterparts, with the latter assumed to be more accurate. The experience sampling method (ESM) allows researchers to capture immediate experiences; however, it is more resource intensive than a retrospective cross-sectional survey. Therefore, the purpose of this research note is to examine whether immediate affective reports significantly differ from retrospective affective reports in leisure contexts over a 3-week period. Forty-one Japanese undergraduate students participated in our 4-weekend ESM study, and their immediate affective reports in leisure contexts and corresponding retrospective reports were compared. Results of dependent t-tests indicated that participants’ retrospective reports did not differ from the immediate reports. This suggests that retrospective measures of emotions within a certain leisure context might be as reliable as ESM-based immediate measures.
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Key words
Affective response, comparative methodology, experience sampling method, Japan, retrospective reports
