How serious leisure participants used their hobbies as a coping mechanism during the COVID lockdown: Lessons from bonsai growers

Yazdan Mansourian

How serious leisure participants used their hobbies as a coping mechanism during the COVID lockdown: Lessons from bonsai growers

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The project aimed to discover to what extent engagement with serious leisure - in this case, bonsai growing - can help people be more resilient and resourceful during a crisis such as a lockdown. The result indicates that engagement in this hobby helps bonsai enthusiasts create social connections and manage their stress. Moreover, engagement with a miniature natural world was a surrogate for the real world that people could not engage in under the lockdown.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 18 Aug 2021
Event	Faculty of Arts & Education Research Café: COVID-19 Research Projects - Charles Sturt University, Australia Duration: 18 Aug 2021 → 18 Aug 2021

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Seminar	Faculty of Arts & Education Research Café
Country/Territory	Australia
Period	18/08/21 → 18/08/21

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