Leisure and health benefits among Korean adolescents with visual impairments

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore health benefits through leisure engagement among Korean adolescents with visual impairments. Method: Using semi-structured interviews, a total of 14 adolescents with visual impairments participated in this study. Results: Two salient themes were captu...

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Autores principales: Kim, Junhyoung, Park, Se-Hyuk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Empirical Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5906933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29513097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2018.1435097
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description Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore health benefits through leisure engagement among Korean adolescents with visual impairments. Method: Using semi-structured interviews, a total of 14 adolescents with visual impairments participated in this study. Results: Two salient themes were captured as health benefits as a result of leisure engagement: psychological wellbeing and personal growth. Conclusions: The findings suggest that leisure provides a venue for the development of self-expression, leisure skills, perseverance, and positive affects. It also indicates that leisure can serve as a vehicle for promoting health and life satisfaction among Korean adolescents with visual impairments.
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spelling pubmed-59069332018-04-23 Leisure and health benefits among Korean adolescents with visual impairments Kim, Junhyoung Park, Se-Hyuk Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being Empirical Studies Purpose: The purpose of the study was to explore health benefits through leisure engagement among Korean adolescents with visual impairments. Method: Using semi-structured interviews, a total of 14 adolescents with visual impairments participated in this study. Results: Two salient themes were captured as health benefits as a result of leisure engagement: psychological wellbeing and personal growth. Conclusions: The findings suggest that leisure provides a venue for the development of self-expression, leisure skills, perseverance, and positive affects. It also indicates that leisure can serve as a vehicle for promoting health and life satisfaction among Korean adolescents with visual impairments. Taylor & Francis 2018-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5906933/ /pubmed/29513097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2018.1435097 Text en © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5906933/
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