This book provides an interdisciplinary collection of theoretical and methodological contributions critically exploring the connections between leisure and wellbeing.
This book provides an interdisciplinary collection of theoretical and methodological contributions critically exploring the connections between leisure and wellbeing.
Louise Mansfield is Professor of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Vice Dean for Research and Co-Director of the Centre for Health and Wellbeing across the Lifecourse in the College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences at Brunel University London, UK. Her research focuses on the relationship between communities, sport, and public health and wellbeing. She has conducted her work with diverse population groups in different contexts and has over 15 years' experience of leading multidisciplinary and cross-sector research projects. Louise is known for developing evidence to inform policy and practice. Norma Daykin is Professor Emerita in Arts in Health at the University of the West of England, UK. She is a Social Scientist known for her award-winning research on arts, health and well-being. Her research has spanned a wide range of methodologies and topics, from the impact of hospital design on patient wellbeing through to the impact of participatory arts in mental health, primary care, community, and justice settings.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Leisure and wellbeing 1. Questioning hierarchies in knowledge and advocacy for well-being policy: re-using overlooked free text data reveals the importance of leisure to people's understanding of well-being 2. Adventure recreation and subjective well-being: a conceptual framework 3. Using urban woodlands and forests as places for improving the mental well-being of people with dementia 4. Locating leisure as the route to well-being: challenges of researching women's leisure in Turkey 5. Participatory music-making and well-being within immigrant cultural practice: exploratory case studies in South East Queensland, Australia 6. Coastal blue space and wellbeing research: looking beyond western tides 7. The Kumulipo, Native Hawaiians, and well-being: how the past speaks to the present and lays the foundation for the future 8. The relationships between leisure and happiness-A graphic elicitation method 9. Empirical investigation of the relationship between serious leisure and meaning in life among Japanese and Euro-Canadians 10. Empirical research on leisure and spiritual well-being: conceptualisation, measurement and findings 11. Well-being and leisure-time physical activity psychosocial factors predict physical activity among university students
Introduction: Leisure and wellbeing 1. Questioning hierarchies in knowledge and advocacy for well-being policy: re-using overlooked free text data reveals the importance of leisure to people's understanding of well-being 2. Adventure recreation and subjective well-being: a conceptual framework 3. Using urban woodlands and forests as places for improving the mental well-being of people with dementia 4. Locating leisure as the route to well-being: challenges of researching women's leisure in Turkey 5. Participatory music-making and well-being within immigrant cultural practice: exploratory case studies in South East Queensland, Australia 6. Coastal blue space and wellbeing research: looking beyond western tides 7. The Kumulipo, Native Hawaiians, and well-being: how the past speaks to the present and lays the foundation for the future 8. The relationships between leisure and happiness-A graphic elicitation method 9. Empirical investigation of the relationship between serious leisure and meaning in life among Japanese and Euro-Canadians 10. Empirical research on leisure and spiritual well-being: conceptualisation, measurement and findings 11. Well-being and leisure-time physical activity psychosocial factors predict physical activity among university students
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