Celebrate the Trail to Recovery: Power of the positive post-diagnosis of cancer
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Justin Harmon, Assistant Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: This paper explored how those in treatment for cancer, or in remission from it, benefitted from participation in a weekly hiking program. Fredrickson’s (2001) broaden-and-build concept was used to structure and demonstrate the ability of participants to create and store positive emotions from their experiences hiking with fellow survivors of cancer. The broaden-and-build concept embraces aspects of social support, posttraumatic growth, life course development, and subjective well-being, thus suggesting its value in articulating the positive growth of those who participated in the program and this study. Through semi-structured interviews, survivors of cancer shared stories about their participation in the hiking program, and how it was beneficial to their recovery process and discovery of their “new normal.”
Celebrate the Trail to Recovery: Power of the positive post-diagnosis of cancer
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Additional Information
- Publication
- International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure. (1)3, 215-226. doi: 10.1007/s41978-018-0014-x
- Language: English
- Date: 2018
- Keywords
- Cancer, Leisure, Positive psychology, Nature