Parent and Child Perspectives of Family Leisure Involvement and Satisfaction with Family Life.

Examined relationships between family leisure involvement and satisfaction with family life. Data on families recruited through middle schools indicated that parents, but not children, considered family leisure involvement the strongest predictor of satisfaction. At the family level, only the block including core and balance family leisure variables explained a significant portion of the variance in satisfaction. History of divorce negatively predicted family satisfaction across all three perspectives. (SM)