Module 2 Week 3 - Leisure, Stress, and Coping by Rachele Mannett PDF

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Module 2 - Leisure, Stress and Coping Readings: Kleiber, Hutchinson, and Williams, 2010! Test Preparation

- Test is available from February 1-5, through Brightspace quizzes! - Time limit (technically none - programmed for 11 hours)! - Must be completed in one sitting (cannot go in and out of it)! - Preparation - lecture notes, class slides/recordings! - Seminar report document will be helpful as examples of critical thinking questions!

- Style - multiple choice, fill-in-the-blanks, short answer, critical thinking! Leisure, Stress, and Coping

- Stress: when pressure of a situation exceeds perceived ability to cope! Stress-Buffering Hypothesis

- Suggests that leisure can help people cope with stress associated with negative life events!

- Disruption, loss, social role changes, lifespan changes! - Leisure “buffers” the impact of stressful events! Leisure as a Source of Stress

- Effectiveness of leisure as a buffer varies by activity!

- Competence based expectations can cause stress!

- Social leisure can lead to feelings of dependency/perceived loss of control and serve as a reminder of losses!

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Coping

- An “attempt to lesson physical and/or psychological stress or negative feelings associated with problematic circumstances” (Kleiber, Hutchinson, & William, 2002, p. 223)!

- Problem-focused coping: focus on reflection and resolution! - Emotion-focused coping: focus on distraction and surviving! Dimensions of Leisure-Stress Coping (Wasaki & Mannell, 2000)!

Two Leisure Aids in Coping

- Leisure coping beliefs: generalized beliefs that their leisure helps us cope with stress! - Leisure coping strategies: actual stress-coping situation-grounded behaviours or cognitions available through involvements in leisure! Leisure Coping Beliefs

- Leisure develops personal traits that help cope with stress effectively! - Leisure strengthens friendships and communities! - Stressful events = challenges or opportunities for growth!

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021 Autonomy and Friendships Autonomy: free choice and initiative in activities one performs! Friendships: belief in social connections and support! Leisure Coping Strategies

- Leisure mood enhancement: something to put us in a good/better mood distraction! - Leisure palliative coping: temporary relief from stress, opportunity to regroup and gain perspective!

- Leisure companionship: activities that involve social interaction, facilitates supportive social network! Functions of Transcending Negative Life Events

- Negative life events: disruption and loss, can lead to disruption of roles, relationships, preferred activities, attitudes! Functions of Transcending Negative Life Events

- Distraction: buffers impact of negative events! - Optimism: Positive emotions key in moving people forward! - Continuity: aid in continuity of the life story! - Reconstruction: a tool for personal transformation! Implications for Chronic Stress

- Coping with chronic stress differs from acute stress or one-off stressful situations, but it is believed that leisure functions similarly

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