Hierarchical Leisure Constraints Model
The hierarchical leisure constraints model proposes that the three types of constraint on recreation participation are not faced all at once but encountered in a fixed sequence, from the most personal to the most external. Crawford, Jackson and Godbey's 1991 paper in Leisure Sciences synthesized earlier work on intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural constraints into a single ordered framework: a person must first overcome internal psychological constraints to form a preference for an activity, then resolve interpersonal constraints by coordinating with companions, and only then confront structural constraints such as cost and access. This ordering, which extended Crawford and Godbey's 1987 reconceptualization of leisure barriers, implies that the most powerful constraints are the intrapersonal ones encountered earliest, because they prevent a preference from ever forming. The model became the dominant organizing structure for constraints research and the foundation on which the later negotiation perspective was built.
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- Crawford, D. W., Jackson, E. L., & Godbey, G. (1991). A hierarchical model of leisure constraints. Leisure Sciences, 13(4), 309-320. · DOI 10.1080/01490409109513147
- Crawford, D. W., & Godbey, G. (1987). Reconceptualizing barriers to family leisure. Leisure Sciences, 9(2), 119-127. · DOI 10.1080/01490408709512151
- Jackson, E. L., Crawford, D. W., & Godbey, G. (1993). Negotiation of leisure constraints. Leisure Sciences, 15(1), 1-11. · DOI 10.1080/01490409309513182
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