title: Parent-adolescent joint projects involving leisure time and activities during the transition to high school.
abstract: Leisure research to date has generally overlooked planning and organizing of leisure time and activities between parents and adolescents. This investigation examined how a sample of Canadian adolescents and their parents jointly constructed and acted on goals related to adolescents' leisure time during the move from elementary to high school. Using the Qualitative Action-Project Method, data were collected over an 8-10 month period from 26 parent-adolescent dyads located in two urban sites, through video-taped conversations about leisure time, video recall interviews, and telephone monitoring interviews. Analysis of the data revealed that the joint projects of the 26 dyads could be grouped into three clusters: a) governance transfer or attempts to shift, from parent to adolescent, responsibility over academic demands, organizing leisure time, and safety with peers, b) balancing extra-curricular activities with family life, academics, and social activities, and c) relationship adjustment or maintenance.
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address: Sheila.Marshall@ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Sheila K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: University of Guelph, Canada.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wozniak
authors.affiliation: University of Guelph, Canada.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lollis
authors.affiliation: Örebro University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Lauree
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tilton-Weaver
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Margo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goessling
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007899:Leisure Activities / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Governance transfer; Leisure time and activities; Parent–adolescent relationship; Qualitative action project method; Transition to high school