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Women with physical disabilities and the negotiation of leisure constraints

Year: 1995

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to enhance the conceptual understanding of the importance and meaning of constraints to leisure for women with physical disabilities. In-depth qualitative interviews with women with disabilities were used to obtain information about the experience and meanings of leisure. Symbolic interactionism provided the framework for conducting the study. Two major themes emerged relative to constraints to leisure: magnification of leisure constraints for women with physical disabilities, and strategies for negotiating constraints. The data suggested that leisure choices were not necessarily disability-determined, but the context of the disability influenced choices and constraints. Means for negotiating leisure constraints were explicated by examining the lives of women with physical disabilities.

Source: Leisure Studies

DOI: 10.1080/02614369500390021

Authors: Karla A. Henderson, Leandra A. Bedini, Lynn Hecht, Rosemary Schuler

Institutions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Wake Forest University

Language: English

Topic: Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: University of Alberta