Effects of leisure education using different leadership styles on adults with mental retardation.

摘要: One way to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities is  encourage their sense of control during participation in recreation activities. Control can be encouraged through systematic attempts at leisure education and provision choices recreation participation. Thirty-nine adults mental retardation participated an investigation containing four experimental phases: (a) baseline-recreation activities, (b)treatment-all participants received same program, half an authoritarian leadership style, halfwith a democratic, (c) return baseline, (d) return to original treatment. This investigation was initiated determine if activity involvement would higher phases democratic group. Sessions lasted 30 minutes each day eight weeks were videotaped observation and data recording. An analysis variance repeated measures administered to analyze within-group (leisure education) between-group (leadership style) differences. There appeared limited differences between styles; however, significant difference demonstrated. Subjects' activity involvement significantly increased from first phase second, remained at level throughout third, slightly fourth phase.