Models of family leisure time-use: Implications for family interaction, stress, and resilience
APA Citation:
Mancini, J. A. (2023). Models of family leisure time-use: Implications for family interaction, stress, and resilience. In M. Uysal & M. J. Sirgy (Eds.), Handbook of tourism and quality-of-life research ii: Enhancing the lives of tourists, residents of host communities and service providers (pp. 103-118). Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-31513-8_8
Focus:
Mental health
Subject Affiliation:
Civilian
Population:
Childhood (birth - 12 yrs)
Adolescence (13 - 17 yrs)
Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Young adulthood (18 - 29 yrs)
Thirties (30 - 39 yrs)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)
Methodology:
Review of Literature
Authors:
Mancini, Jay A., Uysal, Muzaffer, Sirgy, M. Joseph
Abstract:
Since there is a close relationship between the quality of family life and how individuals and families spend their discretionary time, it is important to understand the multiple family and leisure intersections. There are three models of family leisure time-use of relevance for this understanding: Core and Balance Model, Social Cohesion and Dissonance Model, and the Relational Tourism Lifecycle Model. These are discussed as they relate to research findings on various dimensions of families and time-use. The discussion extends to a family science framework called the Contextual Model of Family Stress (CMFS), as a way of formally connecting ways of thinking about family leisure and the research findings to family stress and resilience. The CMFS highlights multiple external influences on families, and internal family dynamics including their resources. These models are integrated through discussing core functions of interpersonal relationships: Reliable alliance, attachment, guidance, social integration, reassurance of worth, and opportunity for nurturance. The chapter concludes with presenting implications related to four types of interventions: Educational (family life education programs), therapeutic (therapies accounting for how time-use can enhance family healing), policy (a focus on organizational support for families), and person-to-person (the power of social relationships and networks).
Publisher/Sponsoring Organization:
Springer International Publishing
Publication Type:
Book Chapter
Keywords:
resilience, stress, family leisure