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Douglas A. Kleiber is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of psychology and social sciences, with notable contributions in subfields such as social psychology, health, sociology and political science, developmental and educational psychology, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics including recreation, leisure, and wilderness management; health disparities and outcomes; flow experience in various fields; sport and mega-event impacts; grief, bereavement, and mental health; retirement, disability, and employment; and psychological well-being and life satisfaction.

Douglas A. Kleiber has authored several recent papers, including:

  • "Toward an applied social psychology of leisure" (2020), published in the Journal of Leisure Research
  • "Widowhood and leisure: An exploration of leisure's role in coping and finding a new self" (2020), published in the Journal of Leisure Research (authored by Sarah H. Standridge)
  • "On Time, Leisure, and Health in Retirement: Implications for Public Health Services" (2023), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (authored by Susan Hutchinson)
  • "Adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults in the United States" (2021), published in the World Leisure Journal (authored by Begum Aybar-Damali)
  • "The importance of self-management in the leisure activities of young people" (2021), published in the World Leisure Journal (authored by Idurre Lazcano Quintana)

Frequent coauthors include Francis A. McGuire, Sarah H. Standridge, Rudy Dunlap, Ronald H. Aday, and Susan Hutchinson.

The scientist's research has often been featured in specific publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Leisure Research
  • World Leisure Journal
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Douglas A. Kleiber's book publication record includes a forthcoming title, Leisure and Human Development, scheduled for release in 2025 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • A Social Psychology of Leisure

    Roger C. Mannell;Douglas A. Kleiber

  • Leisure as a Resource in Transcending Negative Life Events: Self-Protection, Self-Restoration, and Personal Transformation

    Douglas A. Kleiber;Susan L. Hutchinson;Richard Williams

  • Leisure Experience And Human Development: A Dialectical Interpretation

    Douglas A. Kleiber

  • Leisure as a Coping Resource: Variations in Coping with Traumatic Injury and Illness

    Susan L. Hutchinson;David P. Loy;Douglas A. Kleiber;John Dattilo

  • Leisure and identity formation in male and female adolescents: a preliminary examination.

    Susan M. Shaw;Douglas A. Kleiber;Linda L. Caldwell

  • Reconsidering change and continuity in later life: toward an innovation theory of successful aging.

    Galit Nimrod;Douglas A. Kleiber

  • The experience of leisure in adolescence

    Douglas Kleiber;Reed Larson;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  • Modeling Change in Older Adults' Leisure Activities

    Megan Janke;Adam Davey;Douglas Kleiber

  • Boredom, stress and social control in the daily activities of adolescents.

    Susan M. Shaw;Linda L. Caldwell;Douglas A. Kleiber

  • Leisure in the Identity Formation of Lesbian/Gay Youth: Personal, but Not Social

    Beth D. Kivel;Douglas A. Kleiber

  • An Analysis of Motivation in Children's Sport: The Role of Perceived Competence in Participation

    Glyn C. Roberts;Douglas A. Kleiber;Joan L. Duda

  • Gifts of the Ordinary: Casual Leisure's Contributions to Health and Well-Being

    Susan L. Hutchinson;Douglas A. Kleiber

  • Having more by doing less: the paradox of leisure constraints in later life.

    Douglas Kleiber;Francis A. McGuire;Begum Aybar-Damali;William Norman

  • Exploring the identity formation of youth involved in an adapted sports program.

    Diane G. Groff;Douglas A. Kleiber

  • The Relevance of Leisure in an Illness Experience: Realities of Spinal Cord Injury

    Douglas A. Kleiber;Stephen C. Brock;Youngkhill Lee;John Dattilo

  • Leisure in coping with depression.

    Galit Nimrod;Douglas A. Kleiber;Liza Berdychevsky

  • Variations of Experience in Formal and Informal Sport

    Laurence Chalip;Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi;Douglas Kleiber;Reed Larson

  • Quality of Exit From University Sports and Life Satisfaction in Early Adulthood

    Douglas A. Kleiber;Susan L. Greendorfer;Elaine M. Blinde;Diane Samdahl

  • Leisure Orientations and Self-Esteem in Women with Low Incomes Who are Overweight

    John Dattilo;Anne M. Dattilo;Diane M. Samdahl;Douglas A. Kleiber

  • The Effects of Sport Experience in the Development of Social Character: An Exploratory Investigation

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  • The Effect of Career-Ending Injuries on the Subsequent Well-Being of Elite College Athletes

    Douglas A. Kleiber;Stephen C. Brock

  • Leisure and Stress-Coping: Implications for Therapeutic Recreation Practice

    Susan L. Hutchinson;Andrea D. Bland;Douglas A. Kleiber

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda L. Caldwell
Linda L. Caldwell Pennsylvania State University
Reed W. Larson
Reed W. Larson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Roger C. Mannell
Roger C. Mannell University of Waterloo
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Claremont Graduate University
Adam Davey
Adam Davey University of Delaware

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