Women's experiences of increasing subjective well-being in CFS/ME through leisure-based arts and crafts activities: A qualitative study

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1279-1288

  Reynolds, Frances ^a   Vivat, Bella ^a   Prior, Sarah ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art; Chronic fatigue; Creativity; Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Leisure; Occupation; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ART; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE DURATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MYALGIA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECREATIONAL THERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ART THERAPY; CREATIVENESS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 53249105449     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701654518     Document Type: Article

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