Leisure self-care, health and well-being in women's lives. Issue 3 (27th May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Petty, Lisa; Trussell, Dawn E.
• Is Part Of: Annals of leisure research. Volume 24:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 328
• Page End: 339
• Publication Date: 2021-05-27
• Subjects: Self-care -- health -- women -- well-being -- leisure -- gender; Leisure -- Periodicals; Recreation -- Periodicals; Sports -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Tourism -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 306.481205
• DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2019.1652661
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1174-5398

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Much of the self-care literature originates from the biomedical field and focuses on managing health-deviations. In the social sciences, there has been an increased interest in self-care as a method to promote well-being; yet self-care has not been taken up in the leisure literature. In this article, we examine how 'self-care' is conceptualized across multiple disciplines and advance the concept of leisure self-care. Emphasis is placed on women's lives and the potential for leisure self-care to reproduce, resist, or maintain gender-related ideologies (e.g. femininity, motherhood and caregiving) as well as the need to integrate research within a broad range of theories and perspectives. Finally, we identify future directions for leisure self-care research.