Serious Leisure and People with Orthopedic Impairment: Benefits and Constraints

Year 2017, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 139 - 166, 28.12.2017

Manolya Aksatan Zehra Gökçe Sel

Abstract

There are many people around the world who have different
types of disabilities. Understanding their needs is the first step of
developing policies to increase their quality of life and
satisfaction. Leisure is an essential need of disabled people and it
plays an important role in disabled people’s lives. The purpose of
this study is to gain a deep understanding on the serious leisure
activities of people with orthopedic impairment, and also both
benefits and constraints involved with serious leisure. Therefore,
semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 17
people who have orthopedic impairment. The data collected
through interviews was analyzed by using a coding process.
Findings of the study indicate that people with orthopedic
impairment pursue many leisure activities. The research revealed
that the participants were aware of significant individual and
community benefits of serious leisure activities. Although the
benefits of leisure for private and community life are obvious for
people with orthopedic impairment, it is not always easy for
them to pursue serious leisure activities. Disabled people
recognize that there are many constraints involved with serious
leisure. Based on the findings, these constraints are explained as
psychological factors, family support, level of orthopedic
impairment, community awareness and environmental factors,
work and income. 

Keywords

Serious leisure, Leisure constraints, Orthopedic impairment

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