Many individuals contend that they do not have time for physical leisure activities due to constraints/barriers on their time (e.g., work, school, social organization, etc.), yet they spend approximately 2 to 3 hours per day watching television or performing some other sedentary or passive activity. Therefore, it is not the lack of time, but the lack of a leisure attitude and leisure motivation to engage in physical leisure activity. Therefore, this book shows the impact of leisure attitude, leisure motivation, and demographics (e.g., gender and age) on physical leisure participation time of college students.

Dr. Jim Watson was at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN for 25 years where he worked in the Health and Wellness Division. The main focus of his research was student participation and motivation for participation in leisure time activities. Therefore the central theme of this book is student leisure time use.