The relationship between leisure activities and mental health: The impact of resilience and COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Engaging in leisure activities promotes mental health. The effect is likely associated with resilience as the broaden-and-build theory suggests positive emotions elicited from leisure increase mental resources for stress coping. The present research examined whether participating in different leisure activities at a given time increases the level of resilience, which in turn reduces psychological problems. It also investigated the changes in people's leisure activities due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the impact of these changes on their mental health. Japanese participants (N = 300) responded to two online surveys conducted before (January 2020) and after the outbreak (February 2021). They selected the leisure activities they had engaged in from 100 choices and reported their levels of re

SUBMITTER: Takiguchi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9538683 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature