A qualitative investigation of leisure benefits for social and psychological health among international volleyball players living in South Korea

PURPOSE: The proportion of foreign players in global sports industries has steadily increased in the last decade. This qualitative study aims to capture the benefits of leisure activities for the social and psychological health of international volleyball players affiliated with South Korean volleyb...

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Autores principales: Suh, Young Ik, Kim, Junhyoung, Lee, Sanghak, Han, Sua, Park, Se-Hyuk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2022
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Empirical Studies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9553148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36203401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2131216
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Han, Sua
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description PURPOSE: The proportion of foreign players in global sports industries has steadily increased in the last decade. This qualitative study aims to capture the benefits of leisure activities for the social and psychological health of international volleyball players affiliated with South Korean volleyball leagues. METHOD: A purposeful criterion sampling strategy was employed in this qualitative study. Findings: Based on semi-structured interviews with 12 participants, in this study three major themes pertaining to leisure benefits are identified: (a) new leisure opportunities and coping, (b) inter-intra group friendships, and (c) acculturation. CONCLUSIONS: These benefits can contribute to social and psychological health for the participants. Practical implications of this study and suggestions for health professionals, sports psychologists, and team counsellors are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-95531482022-10-12 A qualitative investigation of leisure benefits for social and psychological health among international volleyball players living in South Korea Suh, Young Ik Kim, Junhyoung Lee, Sanghak Han, Sua Park, Se-Hyuk Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being Empirical Studies PURPOSE: The proportion of foreign players in global sports industries has steadily increased in the last decade. This qualitative study aims to capture the benefits of leisure activities for the social and psychological health of international volleyball players affiliated with South Korean volleyball leagues. METHOD: A purposeful criterion sampling strategy was employed in this qualitative study. Findings: Based on semi-structured interviews with 12 participants, in this study three major themes pertaining to leisure benefits are identified: (a) new leisure opportunities and coping, (b) inter-intra group friendships, and (c) acculturation. CONCLUSIONS: These benefits can contribute to social and psychological health for the participants. Practical implications of this study and suggestions for health professionals, sports psychologists, and team counsellors are discussed. Taylor & Francis 2022-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9553148/ /pubmed/36203401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2131216 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://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/ (https://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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Han, Sua
Park, Se-Hyuk
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title A qualitative investigation of leisure benefits for social and psychological health among international volleyball players living in South Korea
title_full A qualitative investigation of leisure benefits for social and psychological health among international volleyball players living in South Korea
title_fullStr A qualitative investigation of leisure benefits for social and psychological health among international volleyball players living in South Korea
title_full_unstemmed A qualitative investigation of leisure benefits for social and psychological health among international volleyball players living in South Korea
title_short A qualitative investigation of leisure benefits for social and psychological health among international volleyball players living in South Korea
title_sort qualitative investigation of leisure benefits for social and psychological health among international volleyball players living in south korea
topic Empirical Studies
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9553148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36203401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2131216
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