How do individuals 'switch-off' from work during leisure? A qualitative description of the unwinding process in high and low ruminators

Leisure Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-347

  Cropley, Mark ^a   Millward, Lynne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Rumination; Switching off; Unwind; Work leisure

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HEALTH RISK; PHILOSOPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 70449359899     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360902951682     Document Type: Article

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