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The diverse worlds of unemployed adults : consequences for leisure, lifestyle, and well-being / Mark E. Havitz, Peter A. Morden, Diane M. Samdahl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Havitz, Mark E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Unemployed--Ontario--Social conditions.
- Unemployed.
- Unemployed--Ontario--Psychology.
- Leisure--Ontario.
- Leisure.
- Unemployed--Services for--Ontario.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Multi-method research study shows why leisure activities are as important for the unemployed as they are for the employed. Can someone who is unemployed experience leisure, or does that seem like a contradiction in terms? If unemployed people can experience leisure, how might it mitigate the negative effects of unemployment? And what form, then, would that leisure take? The relationship between leisure and unemployment has not received the attention it merits, especially in North America. Because research on leisure and unemployment must cross over areas of study, as well
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; List of Appendices, Figures, and Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Method; 3 Talking about Unemployment: Participant Classification and Descriptions of Daily Life; 4 Alternative Perspectives on Unemployment: Confirmation and Disconfirmation of Daily Life Patterns Using Experiential Sampling and Mail-Back Survey Data; 5 Integrating the Present Study with the Literature; 6 Perceptions of Unemployment Agencies and Other Social Services; 7 Leisure Services Planning and Policy; 8 Summary, Conclusion, and Future Directions; Appendices; References; Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610280803
- 9781280280801
- 1280280808
- 9780889209367
- 0889209367
- 9781417563197
- 1417563192
- OCLC:
- 753479505
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