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Overview

Linda L. Caldwell is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and social sciences, with particular attention to social psychology and related subfields.

Their work covers various topics, including:

  • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments
  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
  • Mind Wandering and Attention
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Community Health and Development

Linda L. Caldwell has contributed to scholarly discussions in subfields such as social psychology, sociology and political science, general health professions, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Some of the recent publications by Caldwell include:

  • Leisure Boredom, Timing of Sexual Debut, and Co-Occurring Behaviors among South African Adolescents, 2021, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Grandparent(s) coresidence and physical activity/screen time among Latino children in the United States, 2021, Families Systems & Health
  • Can't You See I'm Getting Bored? The Social Context as a Moderator of Adolescent Leisure Boredom and Alcohol Use, 2022, Youth & Society
  • Associations Between Trait Boredom and Frequency of Cannabis, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use in College Students, 2023, Cannabis
  • Parental Influence on Urban Adolescents' Physical Activity Experience, 2021, Leisure Sciences

Caldwell often collaborates with several frequent coauthors, including Lisa Wegner, Edward A. Smith, Elizabeth H. Weybright, Hui Xie, and Erica L. Doering.

Their research has been published in venues such as:

  • World Leisure Journal
  • Families Systems & Health
  • Youth & Society
  • Cannabis
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior

Best Publications

  • Participation in School-Based Extracurricular Activities and Adolescent Adjustment

    Nancy Darling;Linda L. Caldwell;Robert Smith

  • Leisure and health: why is leisure therapeutic?

    Linda L. Caldwell

  • Preliminary effects of a leisure education program to promote healthy use of free time among middle school adolescents.

    Linda L. Caldwell;Cheryl K. Baldwin;Theodore Walls;Ed Smith

  • Contributions of leisure studies and recreation and park management research to the active living agenda.

    Geoffrey C. Godbey;Linda L. Caldwell;Myron F. Floyd;Laura L. Payne

  • Boredom Prone or Nothing to Do? Distinguishing Between State and Trait Leisure Boredom and Its Association with Substance Use in South African Adolescents

    Elizabeth H. Weybright;Linda L. Caldwell;Nilam Ram;Edward A. Smith

  • Predictors of adolescents' disclosure to parents and perceived parental knowledge: Between- and within-person differences

    N. Darling;P. Cumsille;L.L. Caldwell;B. Dowdy

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

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

  • Leisure Context, Parental Control, and Resistance to Peer Pressure as Predictors of Adolescent Partying and Substance Use: An Ecological Perspective

    Linda L. Caldwell;Nancy Darling

  • “Why are You Bored?”: An Examination of Psychological and Social Control Causes of Boredom Among Adolescents

    Linda L. Caldwell;Nancy Darling;Laura L. Payne;Bonnie Dowdy

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

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

  • Development of the free time motivation scale for adolescents.

    Cheryl K. Baldwin;Linda L. Caldwell

  • Leisure activities, the social weekend, and alcohol use: evidence from a daily study of first-year college students.

    Andrea K. Finlay;Nilam Ram;Jennifer L. Maggs;Linda L. Caldwell

  • Variable Selection in Tourism Market Segmentation Models

    Kathleen L. Andereck;Linda L. Caldwell

  • The Influence of Tourists' Characteristics on Ratings of Information Sources for an Attraction

    Kathleen L. Andereck;Linda L. Caldwell

  • Individual Motivation and Parental Influence on Adolescents’ Experiences of Interest in Free Time: A Longitudinal Examination

    Erin Hiley Sharp;Linda L. Caldwell;John W. Graham;Ty A. Ridenour

  • Leisure, recreation, and play from a developmental context.

    Linda L. Caldwell;Peter A. Witt

  • Leisure as a Context for Youth Development and Delinquency Prevention

    Linda L. Caldwell;Edward A. Smith

  • Differentiating Parent Practices Related to Adolescent Behavior in the Free Time Context

    Susan L. Hutchinson;Cheryl K. Baldwin;Linda L. Caldwell

  • Predicting secondary school dropout among South African adolescents: A survival analysis approach.

    Elizabeth H. Weybright;Linda L. Caldwell;Hui Jimmy Xie;Lisa Wegner

  • Substance use and sexual risk behavior among South African eighth grade students.

    Lori Ann Palen;Edward A. Smith;Alan J. Flisher;Linda L. Caldwell

  • Leisure: an overlooked component of health promotion.

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Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Graham
John W. Graham Pennsylvania State University
Megan E. Patrick
Megan E. Patrick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nancy Darling
Nancy Darling Oberlin College
Douglas A. Kleiber
Douglas A. Kleiber University of Georgia
Nilam Ram
Nilam Ram Stanford University
Linda M. Collins
Linda M. Collins New York University
Elias Mpofu
Elias Mpofu University of North Texas
Emilie Phillips Smith
Emilie Phillips Smith University of Georgia
Arnold H. Grossman
Arnold H. Grossman New York University
Barbara E. Ainsworth
Barbara E. Ainsworth Arizona State University

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