Svitlana Iarmolenko

Georgia Southern University | GSU · School of Human Ecology

In this chapter we demonstrate how ‘narratives’ reflecting nationalistic feelings of diaspora (individuals away from their original homeland) have the power to encourage diaspora tourism (migrants visiting their homeland).

The purpose of this study threefold: to determine whether a shared cultural model of the importance of a set of leisure activities to a good leisure life existed in urban Taiwan, the degree to which cultural consonance in leisure mediates the relationship between leisure constraints and leisure satisfaction, and the degree to which leisure satisfac...

Traditional models of acculturation have been challenged by emergence of transnational diasporas: immigrant groups maintaining simultaneous connections to home and host nations. Because the nature of transnational activity is highly idiosyncratic, a careful look at each group is needed. In this study the authors posit that “What this country needs...

Relocation challenges for immigrants in the USA include identity disruption, culture shock and social demotion – all precipitating psychological issues leading to depression, anxiety and alcoholism. Therapy and social support are well-documented remedies, yet leisure holds immense potential for alleviating these psychological issues as well. While...

Technology developments have changed immigrants' adaptation patterns in modern societies, allowing immigrants to sustain dense, complex connections with homeland while adjusting in the host country, a new phenomenon termed transnationalism. As empirical studies on immigrant transnationalism are still scarce, the purpose of this study was to investi...

The purpose of this study is to examine leisure constraints, a new variable termed cultural consonance in leisure (CCL), and leisure satisfaction as possible mediators in the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and self-rated health in six large cities in China. The hypothesis is that SES has a negative relationship with leisure constra...

The present study is an exploration of Ukraine's destination image as viewed by U.S. college students. Student market is a rapidly growing one and presents opportunities for emerging destinations like Ukraine. A combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches was utilized to investigate the image of Ukraine and build a three-dimensional dest...