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| The World Health Organization definition of health |
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| A complete state of mental, physical, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. |
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| The ability of leisure to help people cope with negative daily stresses. |
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| The ability of leisure to prevent illness. |
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| The ability of leisure to help a person overcome a traumatic life event. |
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| Four primary means of evaluation well-being |
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1) Economically - well-being refers to how satisfied a person is in terms of income, financial stability, and material goods.
2) Medically - well-being refers to the status of a person's physiological being.
3) Philosophically - well-being refers to how well a person's life is going.
4) Psychologically - well-being refers to the degree to which a person experiences positive emption and fulfillment. |
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| Elements of a community and neighborhood that impact quality of life and well-being |
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1) Community Involvement - feel we are apart of decisions, and work together to accomplish goals.
2) Residency - sense of ownership, and number of years in a place.
3) Community pride - attachment and satisfaction of our area.
4) Community elements - special events/festivals, clubs and organizations, parks and open space.
5) Recreation participation - education and self improvements, and outdoor activities, artistic activities, active recreation. |
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| Encompasses events that are perceived as challenging buy in which the challenge is perceived as manageable. |
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| Stress that leads to negative outcomes. |
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| If there is a relationship between rank and stress in humans. |
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| Impact of experience more positive than negative emotion |
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Tend to be more resilient to challenges in life.
Tend to be more optimistic.
Believe that even wen they experience difficulties perseverance and tenacity will pay off.
Much less likely to give up in the face of difficulties.
Tend to look for the food in people and situations.
Tend to live longer and better.
Get sick less, and when they do they bounce back quicker.
Have strong relationships with family, friends, and partners. |
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| Primary factors impacting happiness |
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Activities that bring positive emotion.
Engagement in meaningful experiences that result in the cultivation of one's full potential. |
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| Psychological impacts of active leisure |
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| The assistance and protection given to others especially to individuals. |
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| Features of community life, interpersonal work, volunteering, and self governance. |
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| Quality of connection you have with people in your network. |
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| Leisure and personal control and autonomy |
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| Enhance positive emotion and increase self-confidence. |
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| Leisure and personal strengths |
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| Improve positive emotions and well-being. |
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Leisure often experienced in contrast to work (obligation)
Flow experience - optimal opportunity for full immersion and disengagement. |
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Flow experience - optimal opportunity for full immersion and disengagement.
Skill level and challenge meet on graph. |
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The quality of the experience and the perception of the participant determine whether the experience is leisure and whether it has value and benefit to the participant.
It is not the activity that is most important in defining an experience as leisure or recreation, but rather participant subjective assessment of the activity. |
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| Leisure based stress coping strategies |
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1) Palliative Coping - treats symptoms, distraction, but doesn't eliminate cause.
2) Leisure Mood Enhancement - Watching favorite movie.
3) Leisure companionship - Build relationship through leisure.
4) Relaxation - Doing whatever creates a relaxed state. |
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| Paying attention to the positive aspects of, emotions associates with, leisure involvement and purposefully seeking leisure experiences that give rise to positive emotions. |
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| Consciously and purposefully selecting leisure experiences that "feel right" = Person-Activity Fit. "Not all activities will help a particular person become happier. People have enduring strengths, interests, values, and inclination, which predispose them to benefit more from some activities than others." (Does the activity feel natural, is it enjoyable, is there inherent value for you, should have a sense of obligation or guilt. |
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Takes the conscious and direct focus on the positive aspect of an experience reflected in savoring leisure and takes this conscious engagement in an experience and broadens it to include attention to the entirety of the current experience coupled with a simultaneous disengagement from daily life concerns.
Not only involves narrowing attention to the positive aspects of the experience it also involves focusing one's full attention on the experience and not attending to worries about the future or other issues of concern. |
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| The capacity to engage in leisure experience that develop and/or mobilize personal strengths, capacities, interests, and abilities in the service of something lager than oneself. |
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| Treats symptoms - doesn't eliminate cause. |
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| Leisure experiences that are optimally challenging and engaging, and that lead to sustained personal effort and commitment to the experience. |
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| Hierarchy impact on an individual's level of stress. |
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| Higher up in rank - less stress, and vice versa. |
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1) Examine the ways in which their irrational thoughts contribute to their negative emotions.
2) Distraction: The process of diverting attention away from one issue and focusing attention on another.
3) Acceptance: See the situation for what it is. |
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People can take direct action to address directly the environment challenges.
Development of one's personal strengths and resources contributes to one's ability to cope with life demands.
Overcome a challenge through leisure or recreation. |
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Four specific leisure based coping with stress.
All provide temporary relief from stress and an opportunity to regroup and gain perspective. |
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| The process of diverting attention. |
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| Original purpose of stress was? |
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| What was Sapolsky's Stanford University study about? |
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How stress impacts our bodies.
How our social standing can make us more or less susceptible to stress. |
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| Today human stress response is for ________ reasons rather than real physical danger. |
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| A major Contributor to stress is a felling of having a lack of ____? |
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| What was the British study that discovered human stress results parallel to Sapolsky's study? |
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Whitehall
It was whether in humans it there a relation ship between rank and stress. |
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| What is the major correlation linked with a person's amount/level of stress in both of these studies? |
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| High the rank/seniority the lower the amount of stress, and vice versa. |
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| What are some of the physical health problems associated with high levels of stress? |
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High risk of heart disease
Ulcers
Increased blood pressure
Clogged arteries
Kill brain cells - shrinking memory capacity
Weight gain/distribution
Exhilarate the shortening of telomere's |
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| Our society does not value stress reduction - rather we value____? |
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| What are some implications for recreation? |
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| Stimulation the healing effects of telomere's. |
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