TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Experiences and meanings of leisure, active living, and recovery among culturally diverse community-dwelling adults with mental illness
JO  - American journal of psychiatric rehabilitation
A1  - Shank, John W.
A1  - Iwasaki, Yoshitaka
A1  - Coyle, Catherine
A1  - Messina, Emily S.
SP  - 129
EP  - 151
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
N2  - This paper presents the findings from Phase II of our multiphase, community-based research project that examined in-depth insights into the meanings of leisure and active living in the recovery experiences of culturally diverse, community-dwelling adults with mental illness. A series of three face-to-face, semistructured interviews were conducted once each week for 3 weeks with each individual who was purposefully selected from a pool of Phase I study participants. This case-study subsample (n = 23; 14 women and 9 men) included seven White, six Black, six Hispanic American, and four Asian American participants, aged between 23 and 78 years. The findings suggested that actively engaged leisure would act as a mechanism (i.e., "leisure space") for "movement from" stress and tension and "movement to" something enjoyable and meaningful (e.g., a source of fulfillment, social connections, the reaffirmation of self-worth, hope for the future, altruism).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1548-7768
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15487768.2014.954160
ID  - ref1
ER  -