Activity characteristics and emotional experience: Predicting boredom and anxiety in the daily life of community mental health clients

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 236-253

  McCormick, Bryan P ^a   Funderburk, Janet A ^b   Lee, Youngkhill ^a   Hale Fought, Monica ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MidTown Community Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Boredom; Experience sampling; Flow; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 17644395671     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2005.11950052     Document Type: Article

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