Leisure sickness: A pilot study on its prevalence, phenomenology, and background

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 311-317

  Vingerhoets, Ad J J M ^a   Van Huijgevoort, Maaike ^a   Van Heck, Guus L ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Illness; Leisure; Lifestyle; Personality; Vacation; Weekend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LEISURE SICKNESS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PHENOMENOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SEX RATIO; STRESS; TRAVEL; VIRUS INFECTION; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036968243     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065992     Document Type: Article

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