Gender Differences in Meaningful Leisure Following Major Later Life Events

Gender Differences in Meaningful Leisure Among Older Adults: Joint Displays of Four Phenomena

“…In his article, the team conducted quantitative analysis of the data as a whole using non-parametric chi-square analysis, Pearson correlations between variables and regression analysis, and preliminary thematic qualitative analysis that focused on theoretical constructs such as serious leisure and well-being. The qualitative data were analyzed independently from the quantitative data and reported in a second article ( Jaumot-Pascual et al, 2016 ). The team used qualitative narrative analysis ( Polkinghorne, 1995 ) from a gender perspective that highlighted the complexity of gender differences in the construction of meaningful leisure.…”

“…As we stated in the study design section, the team has previously analyzed the study’s quantitative and qualitative data independently, resulting in two published articles ( Cuenca et al, 2014 ; Jaumot-Pascual et al, 2016 ). In the current secondary analysis, we bring together the quantitative and qualitative data from a gender perspective.…”

“…Self-reinvention innovation represents an opportunity to reinvent the self. Though innovation has been studied from a gender perspective ( Campbell and Yang, 2011 ; Liechty et al, 2012 ; Jaumot-Pascual et al, 2016 ), it has always been studied using qualitative methodologies. In an interview study with 10 women and 10 men, Jaumot-Pascual et al (2016) found that the older women in the study tended to be more innovative than men in their leisure.…”

“…Though innovation has been studied from a gender perspective ( Campbell and Yang, 2011 ; Liechty et al, 2012 ; Jaumot-Pascual et al, 2016 ), it has always been studied using qualitative methodologies. In an interview study with 10 women and 10 men, Jaumot-Pascual et al (2016) found that the older women in the study tended to be more innovative than men in their leisure. In this study, we use quantitative and qualitative methods to examine and further our understanding of leisure innovation as influenced by gender, the being the first mixed methods approach to the role of gender in leisure innovation.…”

Quality of life as a mediator of leisure activity and perceived health among older women

“…First, there are inadequate data related to the potential role of sex in the relationship between leisure and perceived health status despite disparities between men and women in (a) amounts of leisure activities (Drake, 2013;Y. S. Lee, 2005), (b) perception of leisure activities (De Fontenelle & Zinkhan, 1993), (c) satisfaction with leisure (Jaumot-Pascual, Monteagudo, Kleiber, & Cuenca, 2016), and (d) perceptions of health status (Benyamini, Blumstein, Lusky, & Modan, 2003;Denton & Walters, 1999). Furthermore, some of the most substantial data related to leisure and health in older adults is specific to males.…”