ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic is a constraint to leisure behaviour of historic proportions. Paradoxically, it might also be a catalyst for a reconsideration of the importance of leisure to well-being in later life. This paradox, on a smaller scale, was addressed previously by Kleiber. In their examination of how factors constraining behaviour may actually produce enduring benefits for individuals. The proposition explored in this paper is that COVID-19 and its concomitant circumstances and social problems provoke an alteration in leisure activity and experience in the process of adjusting not only to the pandemic but also to the aging process. Prominent theories of adaptation in later life suggest that the changes that occur in response to negative events in later life are more limited than those occurring in earlier adulthood and that older adults may have resilience for dealing with its effects. This paper focuses on two categories of positive constraint outcomes from the model of beneficial constraint developed by Kleiber et al. (2008 Kleiber, D., McGuire, F. A., Aybar-Damali, B., & Norman, W. (2008). Having more by doing less: The paradox of leisure constraints in later life. Journal of Leisure Research, 40(3), 343–359. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2008.11950144[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). An examination of data from a variety of sources provides limited support for occurrence of these aspects of the model and for its special relevance to this pandemic period.

摘要

COVID-19 大流行是对历史性休闲行为的制约。矛盾的是，它也可能成为重新考虑休闲对晚年幸福的重要性的催化剂。Kleiber 之前在较小的范围内解决了这个悖论。在他们研究限制行为的因素实际上如何为个人带来持久利益的过程中。本文探讨的命题是，COVID-19 及其伴随的环境和社会问题不仅会在适应大流行而且适应老龄化过程的过程中引发休闲活动和体验的改变。晚年适应的著名理论表明，晚年为应对负面事件而发生的变化比成年早期发生的变化更为有限，并且老年人可能具有应对其影响的弹性。本文重点介绍了 Kleiber 等人开发的有益约束模型中的两类正约束结果。(2008年 Kleiber, D.、McGuire, FA、Aybar-Damali, B.和Norman, W.（2008 年）。少做多：晚年休闲限制的悖论。休闲研究杂志，40（3），343 – 359。https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.2008.11950144 [Taylor & Francis Online]、[Web of Science®]  、[Google Scholar]）。对来自各种来源的数据的检查为模型的这些方面的出现及其与本次大流行时期的特殊相关性提供了有限的支持。