Activities to alleviate stress and the association with leisure time activities, socioeconomic status, and general health

Sus Sola Corazon; Anna Ulrika Karlsson Stigsdotter; Ola Ekholm; Pia Vivian Pedersen; Massimiliano Scopelliti; M. Vittoria Giuliani

Activities to alleviate stress and the association with leisure time activities, socioeconomic status, and general health

Sus Sola Corazon, Anna Ulrika Karlsson Stigsdotter, Ola Ekholm, Pia Vivian Pedersen, Massimiliano Scopelliti, M. Vittoria Giuliani

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The aim of this study is to acquire knowledge about what activities people reportedly engage in to relax when feeling stressed. A special focus is on physical activity to reduce stress and the association with socioeconomic status, general health, and leisure time activities. The data are derived from a Danish national health survey, and the variables are studied by statistical correspondence analyses. Results show that physical activity when relaxing from stress is related to an active leisure time, good health, and socioeconomic factors such as high education, employment, and good housing conditions. These findings support earlier research indicating that social inequality plays an important role in the choice of activities for stress reduction.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research
Volume	15
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	161-174
Number of pages	14
ISSN	1071-2089
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

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Corazon, S. S., Stigsdotter, A. U. K., Ekholm, O., Pedersen, P. V., Scopelliti, M., & Giuliani, M. V. (2010). Activities to alleviate stress and the association with leisure time activities, socioeconomic status, and general health. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, 15(4), 161-174. http://sl.life.ku.dk/om_skov_landskab/arboreter_terapihaver/terapihaver/~/media/Sl/Arboreter_terapihaver/terapihave/activities_alleviate_stress.ashx

Activities to alleviate stress and the association with leisure time activities, socioeconomic status, and general health. / Corazon, Sus Sola ; Stigsdotter, Anna Ulrika Karlsson; Ekholm, Ola et al.
In: Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, Vol. 15, No. 4, 12.2010, p. 161-174.

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Corazon, SS , Stigsdotter, AUK, Ekholm, O, Pedersen, PV, Scopelliti, M & Giuliani, MV 2010, 'Activities to alleviate stress and the association with leisure time activities, socioeconomic status, and general health', Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 161-174. <http://sl.life.ku.dk/om_skov_landskab/arboreter_terapihaver/terapihaver/~/media/Sl/Arboreter_terapihaver/terapihave/activities_alleviate_stress.ashx>

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