Leisure and health: why is leisure therapeutic?

By L. Caldwell. 2005

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Subfields: Physiology, Social Psychology

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Friendships Developed Subsequent to a Stressful Life Event: The Interplay of Leisure, Social Capital, and Health (2008, background): “This finding should come as no surprise, given that “doing things with family and friends is most likely to occur in leisure” (Caldwell, 2005, p. 19). Along these lines, the model suggests friendships are sometimes formed, and most often maintained and sustained within the sphere of sociability. The”
‘Colour and communion’: Exploring the influences of visual art-making as a leisure activity on older women's subjective well-being (2010, methodology): “This theme has also been elaborated by Kleiber et al (2002) and Caldwell (2005).”
An Exploration of Older Men's Social Lives and Well-Being in the Context of a Coffee Group (2017, result): “These findings are consistent with the leisure literature in that participating in leisure activities is a way to prevent loneliness and isolation (Caldwell, 2005; Caldwell & Smith, 1998).”
Hedonic and Eudaimonic Experiences among Wellness Tourists: An exploratory enquiry (2010, background): “Leisure, of which tourism is a subset, is regarded as one of the most ‘free’ contexts in people’s lives because people are generally able to determine what they would like to do and as a result can choose activities they find inherently interesting, enjoyable, and satisfying (Caldwell, 2005).”
Leisure Type, Leisure Satisfaction and Adolescents’ Psychological Wellbeing (2013, background): “Caldwell and Faulk (2013) propose that the leisure activity of teenagers is different from their regular school activities or work in that it entails some level of freedom, and as such, teenagers are reported to use leisure time in order to develop their peer relations, thus facilitating their socia”
Tourism and health: using positive psychology principles to maximise participants’ wellbeing outcomes – a design concept for charity challenge tourism (2015, background): “Much of that literature has focused on leisure’s ability to increase an individual’s coping with, and resilience to, stress and other forms of mental illness, with less focus on the positive side of mental health (Caldwell, 2005; Fullagar, 2008).”
Its the little things that matter: an examination of knowledge workers energy management (2011, unknown): “This finding is consistent with work by Caldwell (2005), who found that leisure activities that involve something personally meaningful are particularly therapeutic.”
Leisure as a coping resource: A test of the job demand-control-support model (2009, background): “More recently, leisure has been identified as a mechanism for coping with work as well as non-work stress (Caldwell, 2005; Haworth & Lewis, 2005; Zijlstra & Sonnentag, 2006).”
Taekwondo Participation as Serious Leisure for Life Satisfaction and Health (2011, result): “Results of this study are consistent with previous research on leisure, life satisfaction, and health (Baker & Palmer, 2006; Beard & Mounir, 1980; Caldwell, 2005; Coleman & Iso-Ahola, 1993; Iwasaki, 2001; Passmore, 2003).”
Holiday recovery experiences, tourism satisfaction and life satisfaction – Is there a relationship? (2016, background): “Scholars in the field of leisure studies have also paid particular attention to how leisure activities can contribute to the stresscoping process (Caldwell, 2005).”