UID:
edocfu_9958093321102883
Format:
1 online resource (222 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-75218-0
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9786610408382
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1-134-75219-9
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1-280-40838-3
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0-203-13517-2
Content:
Although it is now well established that unemployment is detrimental to health and well being, most of us assume that a well structured, rewarding leisure activity would be preferable to paid work. John Haworth challenges these assumptions and shows that the very constriction of work, like having to perform a task we wouldn't otherwise choose, are often the most rewarding in the end. Work, Leisure and Well Being reviews the current literature and complements it with the findings of the most recent research to provide a serious and fascinating study of the most important areas of
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Categories of psychological experience and well-being; Chapter 3 Research into categories of psychological experience and well-being; Chapter 4 Principal environmental influences and mental health; Chapter 5 Research into principal environmental influences and mental health; Chapter 6 Enjoyment and well-being; Chapter 7 Embodiment and quality of life; Chapter 8 Serious leisure and well-being; Chapter 9 A psychological analysis of leisure and health
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Chapter 10 Work and leisure in young people's livesChapter 11 Activity and ageing: challenge in retirement; Chapter 12 Work and leisure futures: trends and scenarios; Appendices; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-14862-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-01703-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203135174
