Coping with Chronic Stress: Leisure and Women Who Are Homeless

Klitzing, Sandra Wolf

doi:10.1080/01490400306564

Cited by 30 publications

(23 citation statements)

References 23 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Our research supports the findings of previous research regarding the value of building connection and reducing isolation through social and recreational activity as part of the process of providing longer term solutions for chronic homelessness (Canty-Waldron, 2006;Ellis, 2005;Shier et al, 2011;Wolf Klitzing, 2003). The WAND research identified the importance of providing support for participation and valuing the experiences that women bring to a program as integral to the process of staged engagement and skill building.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Wand

Grace

Malone

Murphy

2015

Affilia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Rooming houses are often considered last resort accommodation for people affected by homelessness. However, some rooming houses aspire to provide safe, affordable, good-quality accommodation. This article reports on research into an activity program Women Achieving New Directions (WAND) in one such rooming house for women in Melbourne, Australia. Women-only homelessness programs are important because of women's specific, gendered experiences of homelessness. Five main themes relating to program impact and structure were identified from the data, namely, reducing isolation, the importance of leaving choice to the women, the vital role of staff support, the emerging sense of program ownership, and experiences of building community connection.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Wand

Grace

Malone

Murphy

2015

Affilia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…These findings are in line with recent studies on leisure stress-coping. For example, Kimball and Freysinger (2003) revealed discrimination (i.e., sexism and racism) as a source of stress experienced among collegiate athletes and the role of collegiate sport in dealing with stress, while Klitzing (2003) identified chronic stressors experienced among homeless women and the ways in which leisure engagements helped them cope with stress.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…For example, Kimball and Freysinger's (2003) qualitative interpretive study included African Americans and bi-racial individuals and reported that collegiate sport acted both as a means of coping with stress (e.g., by providing a context for self-determination and social support) and a source of stress (e.g., due to lack of selfdetermination and social support). In another qualitative study, Klitzing (2003) found that African American homeless women who had enormous and ongoing difficulties used various leisure-based coping strategies to deal with stress such as being with others, engaging in diversionary leisure to relax, religiosity and positive thinking, and physical activities. Schneider and Iwasaki (2003) emphasized the importance of expanding the notion of stress and stress-coping to "reflect the diversity in society" (p. 304), including the contribution of leisure to coping with "racism among racial minorities, homophobia among lesbian and gay people, ageism among older people, and disabilities" (p. 304).…”

Section: Review Of Related Literaturementioning

confidence: 97%

Voices from the Margins: Stress, Active Living, and Leisure as a Contributor to Coping with Stress

et al. 2006

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Feminine leisure researchers (James, Hsu, Redmond, & Hope, 2005;Klitzing, 2003;Santiago & Coyle, 2004;Shores & Scott, 2005) indicate that the patriarchal nature of society has resulted in notable differences in various dimensions of leisure between men and women. It is noted that the patriarchal set-up of societies allow for the domination of men in leisure spaces (Parry, 2005).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 97%

Gendered perspectives of leisure patterns and constraints of university students in Ghana

Adam

2014

Leisure/Loisir

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Leisure researchers have contended that leisure patterns and constraints are significantly influenced by gender. Despite this assertion, little has been done to compare gender differences across leisure patterns and constraints within a single study population beyond the treatment of sex as a variable. The focus of this study was to assess the gendered leisure patterns and constraints of university students in Ghana, Africa. Data were collected from randomly sampled students at the University of Cape Coast and analyzed with a chi square test and a multivariate analysis of variance. Female students recorded low participation in three main domains of leisure, namely socializing, creative, and physical activities, as compared to their male counterparts. Intrapersonal and interpersonal leisure constraints were found to be associated with female students' leisure pursuits. It was therefore concluded that female students are more constrained in their leisure pursuits than their male counterparts.Les chercheurs en loisirs soutiennent que le genre exerce une influence significative sur les habitudes et contraintes de loisirs. Malgré cette assertion, on s'est peu attardé à comparer les différences d'habitudes et de contraintes de loisir auxquelles sont confrontés les deux genres au sein d'une même population, au-delà de la considération du sexe comme variable d'étude. Cette étude visait à évaluer les habitudes et contraintes de loisir, selon le sexe, d'étudiants universitaires au Ghana, en Afrique. Les données proviennent d'un échantillon aléatoire tiré de la population étudiante de la University of Cape Coast et elles ont été analysées par des tests du chi carré et des analyses multivariées de la variance. Les étudiantes ont enregistré une faible participation dans trois domaines liés aux loisirs, dont la socialisation et les activités physiques, comparativement à leurs homologues masculins. Il a été trouvé que les contraintes en matière de loisirs intrapersonnels et interpersonnels sont associées aux activités de loisirs pratiquées par les étudiantes. Par conséquent, il est conclu que les étudiantes sont plus contraintes en matière de loisirs que les étudiants.

show abstract

Coping with Chronic Stress: Leisure and Women Who Are Homeless

Cited by 30 publications

References 23 publications

Wand

Wand

Voices from the Margins: Stress, Active Living, and Leisure as a Contributor to Coping with Stress

Gendered perspectives of leisure patterns and constraints of university students in Ghana

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About