Building resilience to stress through leisure activities : a qualitative analysis

DENOVAN, Andrew and MACASKILL, Ann (2016). Building resilience to stress through leisure activities : a qualitative analysis. Annals of Leisure Research, 20 (4), 446-466.

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Abstract

Stress is prevalent in modern society and coping strategies largely determine well-being. A qualitative investigation of leisure as a positive coping response to stress was undertaken using a resilience-based perspective. This approach enabled a focus on competencies and strengths in the stress-leisure-coping process, contributing to the sparse literature in this area. In-depth interviews were conducted with a sample of eight participants. From a thematic analysis three overall themes emerged: leisure as a buffer of stress, the relationship between negative and positive emotions and leisure, and benefits of leisure for coping with stress. The findings demonstrate how leisure facilitates a sense of resilience and its preventative functions. The results are discussed in relation to relevant theoretical propositions concerning the role of positive emotion in coping. In particular, the broaden-and-build theory provided a meaningful framework for suggesting how leisure and positive emotions acted in tandem to develop psychosocial resources over time.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Geography, Planning and Development, Cultural Studies, Social Psychology
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Psychology Research Group
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2016.1211943
Page Range:	446-466
Depositing User:	Margaret Boot
Date Deposited:	07 Sep 2016 10:21
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 00:49
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13352

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