Iwasaki and Smale (1998) Longitudinal analyses of the relationships among life transitions, chronic health problems, leisure, and psychological well-being

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Longitudinal analyses of the relationships among life transitions, chronic health problems, leisure, and psychological well-being

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CONTRIBUTORS:

	Author:	Iwasaki, Y. (University of Manitoba, History)
	Author:	Smale, B. J. A. (University of Waterloo)

JOURNAL:

Leisure Sciences, 20(1), 25 - 52.

YEAR:

1998

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

sex-factor; leisure; goals; participation; stress-management; Canada; quality-of-life; life-satisfaction

DISCIPLINE:

No discipline assigned

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LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-339-386 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:43:58 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
In an attempt to integrate research on stress coping and research on psychological well-being, we conducted longitudinal and disaggregated analyses of the relationships between leisure-related constructs (i.e., level of leisure participation and the importance of leisure goals) and psychological well-being for groups of individuals classified by gender and life events (i.e., chronic health problems and life transitions). Using two surveys on well-being in Canada, we found that (a) overall, the participants showed relative stability or little change in psychological well-being and leisure-related variables; (b) some life events (e.g., becoming widowed for women and becoming unemployed for men) had more detrimental impacts on psychological well-being than did others; (c) increased importance placed on leisure goals enhanced positive psychological well-being for women who had become homemakers after having been employed, men who had experienced recent or long-term illnesses, and men who had married: (d) increased importance placed on leisure goals reduced negative psychological well-being for men who had become employed after having been unemployed; (e) results showed a stronger effect of change in leisure goals than of change in level of leisure participation on well-being; (f) several reciprocal relationships were supported, demonstrating that leisure can be both a cause and an effect of psychological well-being; and (g) some gender differences were shown in some indicators, the relationships between them, or both.

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