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Research Article

Building resilience through trail running: women’s perspectives

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Pages 397-421 | Received 16 Apr 2020, Accepted 26 Dec 2020, Published online: 11 Feb 2021
 

ABSTRACT

Access to and benefits from leisure programmes are influenced by both personal and social factors. Within the context of leisure, understanding the gendered experience is important with regards to how adventure experiences are constructed, and how outcomes are measured and interpreted. The purpose of the current study was to determine if trail running develops and supports resilience in women, similar to other outdoor adventure programs. Participants indicated that they gained a sense of empowerment, bravery and tenacity through trail running, and reported a gain in transferable outcomes such as resilience, perspective and mental health supports that improved daily function. Resilience is an important factor for many client populations that seek leisure-based therapeutic interventions, such as within the field of therapeutic recreation. Insight into the nuances of how it is developed and supported in individuals is key when it comes to fostering resilience with clients.

RÉSUMÉ

L’accès aux programmes de loisirs et les avantages qui en découlent dépendent de facteurs personnels et sociaux. Dans le contexte des loisirs, il est important de comprendre l’expérience des genres quant à la façon dont les activités de plein air sont bâties, et quant à la façon dont les résultats sont mesurés et interprétés. Le but de cette étude est de déterminer si la course en sentier contribue au développement des femmes et encourage leur résilience comme d’autres programmes d’activités en plein air. Les participantes disent se sentir plus autonomes, confiantes et tenaces dans le cadre de la course en sentier, et constatent un gain dans des résultats transférables comme la résilience, leur perspective et l’amélioration de la santé mentale au quotidien. La résilience est un facteur important pour de nombreuses populations qui recherchent une intervention thérapeutique axée sur les loisirs, comme ceux offerts dans le domaine des loisirs thérapeutiques. Il est essentiel de comprendre dans le détail la façon dont la résilience se développe et comment l’encourager chez les clients.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Correction Statement

This article has been republished with minor changes. These changes do not impact the academic content of the article.

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