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Serious engagement in sport and health benefits among Korean immigrants in the USA
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- Acculturation; benefits; Korean immigrants; serious leisure; sports clubs
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE STUDIES ON HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, v.11
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Volume
- 11
- ISSN
- 1748-2623
- Abstract
- There is a dearth of information pertaining to ethnicity and serious leisure among immigrants. The purpose of our study was to explore the health benefits of serious engagement in sports among Korean immigrants who are part of club activities. Using semi-structured in-depth interviews, we identified three themes associated with the benefits of serious leisure: (a) coping with acculturative stress, (b) creating ethnic strength, and (c) personal benefits. Participants gain personal and social benefits by pursuing leisure activities in a serious manner within their ethnic in-group.
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