Abstract

Expressive cultural activities, such as viewing visual art, drama, or dance, are perceived as beneficial to individuals and societies, justifying public funding. However, not everyone benefits and participates equally. We intentionally sampled infrequent and frequent attendees among young adults in the Netherlands. Results indicated that infrequent and frequent attendees differed in expressive cultural activity constraints and socialization, though not on demographic background. Their cultural, social, and emotional experience through self-report and physiological data revealed no significant differences between the groups’ experience of a dramatic performance. These outcomes suggest that, as an example of expressive cultural activity, a dramatic performance experience can be equally emotionally beneficial to frequent and infrequent attendees, an important prerequisite to broader appeal and intergroup contact. Implications of the use of physiological data in leisure experience research are discussed.

摘要

富有表现力的文化活动，例如观看视觉艺术、戏剧或舞蹈，被认为对个人和社会有益，从而证明了公共资助的合理性。然而，并不是每个人都能平等地受益和参与。我们特意在荷兰的年轻人中抽取了不常参加和经常参加的人。结果表明，不常参加者和经常参加者在表达性文化活动限制和社会化方面存在差异，尽管在人口背景上没有差异。他们通过自我报告和生理数据获得的文化、社会和情感体验表明，各组对戏剧表演的体验没有显着差异。这些结果表明，作为富有表现力的文化活动的一个例子，戏剧性的表演体验对于经常和不经常参加的人同样具有情感上的益处，更广泛的吸引力和群体间联系的重要先决条件。讨论了在休闲体验研究中使用生理数据的意义。