Palen, Lori-AnnPatrick, Megan E.Gleeson, SarahCaldwell, Linda L.Smith, Edward A.Wegner, LisaFlisher, Alan J.2013-09-172013-09-172010Palen, L., et al. (2010). Leisure constraints for adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study. Leisure Sciences, 32(5): 434-4520149-0400http://hdl.handle.net/10566/722This study identified leisure constraints, constraints negotiation strategies, and their relative frequencies among 114 high school students from one under-resourced area of South Africa. Through focus group discussions, participants identified intrapersonal, interpersonal, structural, and sociocultural constraints to leisure, suggesting some degree of universality in this previously documented typology. Intrapersonal constraints were mentioned most often. Whereas participants readily identified ways to overcome interpersonal and structural constraints, strategies for overcoming intrapersonal and sociocultural constraints were not mentioned frequently, suggesting a potential need to help adolescents identify and employ these types of strategies.enCopyright Taylor & Francis. This file may be freely used provided that the source is acknowledged. No commercial distribution of this text is permitted.AdolescentsLeisure constraintsLeisure constraint negotiationSouth AfricaArticle