Publication Cover
Leisure Sciences
An Interdisciplinary Journal
Volume 25, 2003 - Issue 2-3
1,695
Views
102
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Leisure, Stress, and Coping: An Evolving Area of Inquiry

&
Pages 107-113 | Published online: 29 Oct 2010

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (53)

Fatih Bedir, Levent Önal & Robert Stebbins. (2023) Adult Deviant Leisure Tendency Scale (ADLTS) – scale development study. World Leisure Journal 65:4, pages 605-616.
Read now
Jackie Oncescu, Megan Fortune, Laura Fisher, Mary Sweatman & Julia Frigault. (2023) Supporting rural low-income families: a municipal recreation department's response to community crisis. Annals of Leisure Research 0:0, pages 1-22.
Read now
Danni Zheng, Yangyang Jiang, Jun Wen, Ian Phau, Haifeng Hou & Wei Wang. (2023) Suboptimal health status, COVID-19 psychology, and cultural value impact on post-pandemic outbound travel. Tourism Recreation Research 0:0, pages 1-18.
Read now
Mikel Subiza-Pérez, Laura Vozmediano & César San Juan. (2022) A Tale of Two Sticks: Walking towards Restoration. Leisure Sciences 44:7, pages 771-785.
Read now
Megan Fortune, Jackie Oncescu, Laura Fisher & Mary Sweatman. (2022) Balancing act: a socialist feminist perspective of rural low-income mothers’ experiences navigating the COVID-19 pandemic. Leisure/Loisir 46:4, pages 519-542.
Read now
Sung-Eun Kang, YooHee Hwang, Choong-Ki Lee & Yae-Na Park. (2022) Roles of travel and leisure in quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Leisure Studies 41:3, pages 326-340.
Read now
Lisa Williams, Alla Skomorovsky, Cynthia Wan & Jennifer E. C. Lee. (2022) Qualitative Inquiry on the Health and Well-Being of Canadian Armed Forces Members and Veterans during Medical Release. Military Behavioral Health 10:1, pages 27-36.
Read now
Hung-Ling (Stella) Liu, Erin S. Lavender-Stott, Christin L. Carotta & Aileen S. Garcia. (2022) Leisure experience and participation and its contribution to stress-related growth amid COVID-19 pandemic. Leisure Studies 41:1, pages 70-84.
Read now
Monika Stodolska. (2021) #QuarantineChallenge2k20: Leisure in the Time of the Pandemic. Leisure Sciences 43:1-2, pages 232-239.
Read now
Vincent Y. S. Oh & Eddie M. W. Tong. (2020) Sadness, but not anger or fear, mediates the long-term leisure-cognition link: an emotion-specific approach. Cognition and Emotion 34:7, pages 1357-1369.
Read now
Haley M. Sterling, Blake A. Allan & Martin Heesacker. (2020) Planning leisure: helpful or harmful?. Leisure/Loisir 44:4, pages 469-488.
Read now
D J Williams, Jeremy N. Thomas & Emily E. Prior. (2020) Are Sex and Pornography Addiction Valid Disorders? Adding a Leisure Science Perspective to the Sexological Critique. Leisure Sciences 42:3-4, pages 306-321.
Read now
Andreia Filipa Antunes Moura, Elisabeth Kastenholz & Anabela Maria Sousa Pereira. (2018) Accessible tourism and its benefits for coping with stress. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events 10:3, pages 241-264.
Read now
Jessica de Bloom, Johanna Rantanen, Sara Tement & Ulla Kinnunen. (2018) Longitudinal Leisure Activity Profiles and Their Associations with Recovery Experiences and Job Performance. Leisure Sciences 40:3, pages 151-173.
Read now
Troy D. Glover. (2018) All the Lonely People: Social Isolation and the Promise and Pitfalls of Leisure. Leisure Sciences 40:1-2, pages 25-35.
Read now
Lingqiang Zhou, Jibin Yu, Mao-Ying Wu, Geoffrey Wall & Philip L. Pearce. (2018) Seniors’ seasonal movements for health enhancement. The Service Industries Journal 38:1-2, pages 27-47.
Read now
Veljko Marinkovic, Darko Dimitrovski & Vladimir Senic. (2017) Going for gold as a leisure tourism continuum: clustering motivations for gold panning revisit intention. Leisure Studies 36:6, pages 764-777.
Read now
Evan J. Jordan & Christine A. Vogt. (2017) Residents’ Perceptions of Stress Related to Cruise Tourism Development. Tourism Planning & Development 14:4, pages 527-547.
Read now
S. Alford, D. Perlman, S. Sumskis, L. Moxham, C. Patterson, R. Brighton, E. Taylor & T. Heffernan. (2017) What can leisure offer those with a mental illness; diversion, experience or something much richer?. World Leisure Journal 59:3, pages 218-226.
Read now
Joanne K. Earl, Paul Gerrans & Victor Aryanto Halim. (2015) Active and Adjusted: Investigating the Contribution of Leisure, Health and Psychosocial Factors to Retirement Adjustment. Leisure Sciences 37:4, pages 354-372.
Read now
Sinikka Hannele Pöllänen. (2015) Crafts as Leisure-Based Coping: Craft Makers’ Descriptions of Their Stress-Reducing Activity. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health 31:2, pages 83-100.
Read now
Warren D. Price, Neil R. Lundberg, Ramon B. Zabriskie & Keith W. Barney. (2015) I Tie Flies in My Sleep. Journal of Leisure Research 47:2, pages 185-201.
Read now
LaWanda H. Cook & Kimberly J. Shinew. (2014) Leisure, Work, and Disability Coping: “I Mean, You Always Need That ‘In’ Group”. Leisure Sciences 36:5, pages 420-438.
Read now
James R. Vallerand & Bradley W. Young. (2014) Are adult sportspersons and exercisers that different? Exploring how motives predict commitment and lapses. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 12:4, pages 339-356.
Read now
Xinran Y. Lehto, Ounjoung Park, Xiaoxiao Fu & Gyehee Lee. (2014) Student life stress and leisure participation. Annals of Leisure Research 17:2, pages 200-217.
Read now
Xinyi Lisa Qian, CareenM. Yarnal & DavidM. Almeida. (2014) Is Leisure Time Availability Associated with More or Less Severe Daily Stressors? An Examination Using Eight-Day Diary Data. Leisure Sciences 36:1, pages 35-51.
Read now
Xinyi (Lisa) Qian, Careen M. Yarnal & David M. Almeida. (2013) Does Leisure Time as a Stress Coping Resource Increase Affective Complexity?. Journal of Leisure Research 45:3, pages 393-414.
Read now
Sanghee Chun, Youngkhill Lee, Byunggook Kim & Jinmoo Heo. (2012) The Contribution of Leisure Participation and Leisure Satisfaction to Stress-Related Growth. Leisure Sciences 34:5, pages 436-449.
Read now
Frode Stenseng, Jostein Rise & Pål Kraft. (2012) Activity Engagement as Escape from Self: The Role of Self-Suppression and Self-Expansion. Leisure Sciences 34:1, pages 19-38.
Read now
Xinyi Lisa Qian & Careen Yarnal. (2011) The role of playfulness in the leisure stress-coping process among emerging adults: an SEM analysis. Leisure/Loisir 35:2, pages 191-209.
Read now
Genevieve von Lob, Paul Camic & Stephen Clift. (2010) The Use of Singing in a Group as a Response to Adverse Life Events. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion 12:3, pages 45-53.
Read now
Gunnel E. Carlsson, Anders Möller & Christian Blomstrand. (2009) Managing an everyday life of uncertainty – A qualitative study of coping in persons with mild stroke. Disability and Rehabilitation 31:10, pages 773-782.
Read now
Megan C. Janke, Galit Nimrod & Douglas A. Kleiber. (2008) Leisure Activity and Depressive Symptoms of Widowed and Married Women in Later Life. Journal of Leisure Research 40:2, pages 250-266.
Read now
Christine Mullan, Siobhán McAlister, Fiona Rollock & Lelia Fitzsimons. (2007) “Care Just Changes Your Life”: Factors Impacting upon the Mental Health of Children and Young People with Experiences of Care in Northern Ireland. Child Care in Practice 13:4, pages 417-434.
Read now
IngridE. Schneider & SonjaA. Wilhelm Stanis. (2007) Coping: An Alternative Conceptualization for Constraint Negotiation and Accommodation. Leisure Sciences 29:4, pages 391-401.
Read now
DanielleA. Patry, CélineM. Blanchard & Lisa Mask. (2007) Measuring University Students' Regulatory Leisure Coping Styles: Planned Breathers or Avoidance?. Leisure Sciences 29:3, pages 247-265.
Read now
RogerC. Mannell. (2007) Leisure, Health and Well-Being. World Leisure Journal 49:3, pages 114-128.
Read now
Yoshitaka Iwasaki & Judith G. Bartlett. (2006) Culturally Meaningful Leisure as a Way of Coping with Stress among Aboriginal Individuais with Diabetes. Journal of Leisure Research 38:3, pages 321-338.
Read now
Yoshitaka Iwasaki, KellyJ. Mackay, JenniferB. Mactavish, Janice Ristock & Judith Bartlett. (2006) Voices from the Margins: Stress, Active Living, and Leisure as a Contributor to Coping with Stress. Leisure Sciences 28:2, pages 163-180.
Read now
Joan Wharf Higgins & Trina Rickert. (2005) A Taste of Healthy Living: A Recreational Opportunity for People at Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes. Leisure Sciences 27:5, pages 439-458.
Read now
Yoshi Iwasaki, Kelly Mackay & Jennifer Mactavish. (2005) Gender-Based Analyses of Coping with Stress among Professional Managers: Leisure Coping and Non-Leisure Coping. Journal of Leisure Research 37:1, pages 1-28.
Read now
Yoshitaka Iwasaki, Jennifer MacTavish & Kelly MacKay. (2005) Building on strengths and resilience: leisure as a stress survival strategy. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling 33:1, pages 81-100.
Read now
Philip Dewe & Linda Trenberth. (2005) An exploration of the role of leisure in coping with work related stress using sequential tree analysis. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling 33:1, pages 101-116.
Read now
Sandra Wolf Klitzing. (2004) Women Living in a Homeless Shelter: Stress, Coping and Leisure. Journal of Leisure Research 36:4, pages 483-512.
Read now
JOAR VITTERSØ, RAYMOND CHIPENIUK, MARGETE SKÅR & ODD INGE VISTAD. (2004) Recreational Conflict Is Affective: The Case of Cross-Country Skiers and Snowmobiles. Leisure Sciences 26:3, pages 227-243.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (49)

Gerard Kyle, Adam Landon & Michael Schuett. (2022) Crowding, coping and place attachment in nature. Current Psychology 42:15, pages 13003-13019.
Crossref
Hanfang Zhao, Hong Shi, Chen Chen, Zheng Ren, Minfu He, Xiangrong Li, Yuyu Li, Yajiao Pu, Li Cui, Shixun Wang, Jieyu Zhao, Hongjian Liu & Xiumin Zhang. (2022) Association between pregnant specific stress and depressive symptoms in the late pregnancy of Chinese women: the moderate role of family relationship and leisure hobbies. Journal of Public Health.
Crossref
Doukyoung Chon, Jong Youn Moon & Jae-Hyun Kim. (2022) Participating in Different Activities and Their Association with Mental Health Problems in the Working Disabled Population in Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19:14, pages 8348.
Crossref
Soon-Young Kim & Chulhwan Choi. (2022) Differences in Stress, Stress-Coping Behavior, and Quality of Life Based on the Performance of Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour Players. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19:11, pages 6623.
Crossref
Kathleen Jeehyae Kim & Dae-Young Kim. (2021) I Want to eat out, but something holding me back: Mom’s cooking stress and family dining out constraints. International Journal of Hospitality Management 99, pages 103069.
Crossref
Rongjun Sun. (2020) Double Jeopardy Versus Double Benefit: The Role of Age and Leisure Activities in the Incidence of Disability Among Chinese Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Health 33:5-6, pages 350-361.
Crossref
Anthony F. Patterson. (2018) “ It Was Really Tough”— Exploring the Feelings of Isolation and Cultural Dissonance With Black American Males at a Predominantly White Institution . Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice 23:1, pages 55-77.
Crossref
Lea Susanne Faerber, Dennis C. Ahrholdt, Oliver Schnittka & Zeinab Rezvani. (2020) Visitor characteristics matter: how the positive impact of visit duration on visitor satisfaction at visitor attractions is moderated. Journal of Business Economics 91:3, pages 333-351.
Crossref
Evan J. Jordan, Laura Lesar & Daniel M. Spencer. (2019) Clarifying the Interrelations of Residents’ Perceived Tourism-Related Stress, Stressors, and Impacts. Journal of Travel Research 60:1, pages 208-219.
Crossref
Mingfang Zhu, Jie Gao, Linan Zhang & Shenglang Jin. (2020) Exploring tourists’ stress and coping strategies in leisure travel. Tourism Management 81, pages 104167.
Crossref
Mustapha Cheikh-Ammar. (2020) The bittersweet escape to information technology: An investigation of the stress paradox of social network sites. Information & Management 57:8, pages 103368.
Crossref
Damaris Aschwanden & Mathias Allemand. 2020. Personality and Healthy Aging in Adulthood. Personality and Healthy Aging in Adulthood 155 172 .
Zan Li, Junming Dai, Ning Wu, Yingnan Jia, Junling Gao & Hua Fu. (2019) Effect of Long Working Hours on Depression and Mental Well-Being among Employees in Shanghai: The Role of Having Leisure Hobbies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16:24, pages 4980.
Crossref
Evan J. Jordan, Daniel M. Spencer & Girish Prayag. (2019) Tourism impacts, emotions and stress. Annals of Tourism Research 75, pages 213-226.
Crossref
Sheng-Hshiung Tsaur & Chang-Hua Yen. (2018) Work–leisure conflict and its consequences: Do generational differences matter?. Tourism Management 69, pages 121-131.
Crossref
Masatsugu Orui, Satomi Nakajima, Yui Takebayashi, Akiko Ito, Maho Momoi, Masaharu Maeda, Seiji Yasumura & Hitoshi Ohto. (2018) Mental Health Recovery of Evacuees and Residents from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident after Seven Years—Contribution of Social Network and a Desirable Lifestyle. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15:11, pages 2381.
Crossref
D J Williams. (2016) The Framing of Frequent Sexual Behavior and/or Pornography Viewing as Addiction: Some Concerns for Social Work. Journal of Social Work 17:5, pages 616-623.
Crossref
대구대학교. (2017) A Study on the Impact Relation of Hotel Employee’s Leisure Activity Participation Type and Welfare Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment. Tourism Research 42:1, pages 65-84.
Crossref
MyeongBo Kang & SangJung Moon. (2017) The relationship between Seriousness in Travel and Quality of Life. Tourism Research 42:1, pages 1-19.
Crossref
하여진. (2017) Classifying latent classes in high school students’ leisure activities and testing differences in career identity. Studies on Korean Youth 28:1, pages 5-36.
Crossref
Ebbin Dotson, Dan K. Hibbler & Leodis Scott. 2017. Public Health and Welfare. Public Health and Welfare 755 778 .
Ebbin Dotson, Dan K. Hibbler & Leodis Scott. 2017. Healthcare Community Synergism between Patients, Practitioners, and Researchers. Healthcare Community Synergism between Patients, Practitioners, and Researchers 152 175 .
John E. Grable & Kimberly Watkins. (2015) Quantifying the Value of Collecting: Implications for Financial Advisers. Journal of Family and Economic Issues 37:4, pages 639-648.
Crossref
Atilla GÜL, Emine KELEŞ & Ömer Faruk UZUN. (2016) Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Öğretim Elemanları ve Öğrencilerinin Yerleşke İçindeki Rekreasyonel Talep ve Eğilimleri. Mimarlık Bilimleri ve Uygulamaları Dergisi (MBUD) 1:1, pages 26-43.
Crossref
Gabriel Nudelman & Shoshana Shiloh. (2015) Mapping health behaviors: Constructing and validating a common-sense taxonomy of health behaviors. Social Science & Medicine 146, pages 1-10.
Crossref
Fumi Takeda, Haruko Noguchi, Takafumi Monma & Nanako Tamiya. (2015) How Possibly Do Leisure and Social Activities Impact Mental Health of Middle-Aged Adults in Japan?: An Evidence from a National Longitudinal Survey. PLOS ONE 10:10, pages e0139777.
Crossref
Jirs Meuris & Carrie R. Leana. (2015) The high cost of low wages: Economic scarcity effects in organizations. Research in Organizational Behavior 35, pages 143-158.
Crossref
Karen HemmingKaren Hemming. 2015. Freizeitaktivitäten, chronischer Stress und protektive Ressourcen. Freizeitaktivitäten, chronischer Stress und protektive Ressourcen 127 172 .
E. Verbakel. (2012) Leisure Values of Europeans from 46 Countries. European Sociological Review 29:3, pages 669-682.
Crossref
Jemma L. HawkinsJenny MercerKathryn J. ThirlawayDeborah A. Clayton. (2013) “Doing” Gardening and “Being” at the Allotment Site: Exploring the Benefits of Allotment Gardening for Stress Reduction and Healthy Aging. Ecopsychology 5:2, pages 110-125.
Crossref
Xinran Y. Lehto. (2012) Assessing the Perceived Restorative Qualities of Vacation Destinations. Journal of Travel Research 52:3, pages 325-339.
Crossref
Jin-Young Lee. (2013) Research on the Effect of Leisure Types of Casino Dealer on Organization Trust, Customer Orientation and Organization Commitment. The Journal of the Korea Contents Association 13:4, pages 407-417.
Crossref
Colleen D. Hood & Cynthia P. Carruthers. 2013. Positive Leisure Science. Positive Leisure Science 121 140 .
Eva Garrosa & Bernardo Moreno-Jiménez. 2013. Burnout for Experts. Burnout for Experts 201 221 .
Sheng-Hshiung Tsaur & Ya-Yun Tang. (2012) Job stress and well-being of female employees in hospitality: The role of regulatory leisure coping styles. International Journal of Hospitality Management 31:4, pages 1038-1044.
Crossref
Anita Zehrer & John C. Crotts. (2012) Vacation stress: the development of a vacation stress model among US vacation travelers. Tourism Review 67:3, pages 41-55.
Crossref
Chun-Te Lee, Chih-Jung Yeh, Meng-Chih Lee, Hui-Sheng Lin, Vincent Chin-Hung Chen, Ming-Hong Hsieh, Chi-Hua Yen & Te-Jen Lai. (2012) Leisure activity, mobility limitation and stress as modifiable risk factors for depressive symptoms in the elderly: Results of a national longitudinal study. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 54:2, pages e221-e229.
Crossref
Benedikt G. Rogge. 2012. Unemployment, Precarious Work and Health. Unemployment, Precarious Work and Health 157 172 .
Fei-Rung Chiu, Cheng-Yi Wang, Yu-Cheng Huang & Yan-Kwang Chen. (2011) Developing a Case-based Reasoning System of Leisure Constraints. Information Technology Journal 10:3, pages 541-548.
Crossref
Philip J. Dewe, Michael P. O'Driscoll & Cary L. Cooper. 2010. Coping with Work Stress. Coping with Work Stress 163 186 .
G. Nimrod. (2009) Seniors' Online Communities: A Quantitative Content Analysis. The Gerontologist 50:3, pages 382-392.
Crossref
Sarah D. Pressman, Karen A. Matthews, Sheldon Cohen, Lynn M. Martire, Michael Scheier, Andrew Baum & Richard Schulz. (2009) Association of Enjoyable Leisure Activities With Psychological and Physical Well-Being. Psychosomatic Medicine 71:7, pages 725-732.
Crossref
Allan D. JoudreyJean E. Wallace. (2009) Leisure as a coping resource: A test of the job demand-control-support model. Human Relations 62:2, pages 195-217.
Crossref
Megan C. Janke, Laura L. Payne & Marieke Van Puymbroeck. (2008) The Role of Informal and Formal Leisure Activities in the Disablement Process. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development 67:3, pages 231-257.
Crossref
Susan M. Shaw. (2008) Family Leisure and Changing Ideologies of Parenthood. Sociology Compass 2:2, pages 688-703.
Crossref
Diana C. Parry. (2008) The Contribution of Dragon Boat Racing to Women's Health and Breast Cancer Survivorship. Qualitative Health Research 18:2, pages 222-233.
Crossref
Michele M. Tugade & Barbara L. Fredrickson. (2006) Regulation of Positive Emotions: Emotion Regulation Strategies that Promote Resilience. Journal of Happiness Studies 8:3, pages 311-333.
Crossref
Deborah O'Mullan Wayne & Sheama Krishnagiri. (2005) Parents' leisure: the impact of raising a child with down syndrome. Occupational Therapy International 12:3, pages 180-194.
Crossref
Hui He & Kevin X. D. Huang. (2013) Why Do Americans Spend so Much More on Health Care than Europeans? A General Equilibrium Macroeconomic Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.