Exercise in the time bind of work and family. Emotion management of personal leisure time among middle-aged Danish women
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Exercise in the time bind of work and family. Emotion management of personal leisure time among middle-aged Danish women. / Hybholt, Maria; Ottesen, Laila; Thing, Lone Friis.
In: Leisure Studies, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2022, p. 231-246.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Exercise in the time bind of work and family. Emotion management of personal leisure time among middle-aged Danish women
AU - Hybholt, Maria
AU - Ottesen, Laila
AU - Thing, Lone Friis
N1 - CURIS 2022 NEXS 091
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The aim of the present study was to illuminate how middle-aged women in Denmark manage, practically and emotionally, exercise in personal leisure time within the constraints of an ongoing time bind related to the societal obligations of work and family. The study was inspired by the micro sociological perspective of Arlie Hochschild, and findings are based on empirical material from focus groups of middle-aged Danish women who completed a three months research based exercise intervention (N = 51), and individual follow-up interviews (N = 21). We elucidate how the societal obligations of being successful at work, being a good mother, and being physically active creates a time bind in the everyday life of middle-aged women. Instead of having more leisure time, middle-aged women experience continuous time demands of work flexibility and performance, as well as new time demanding care duties linked to their children, parents, or grandchildren. We conclude that the personal leisure time of Danish women, exemplified by participation in an exercise intervention, is highly constrained by the time bind of market culture. Furthermore, prioritisation of personal leisure time involves considerable emotion management as a consequence of being unable to fulfil the societal obligations of their usual roles.
AB - The aim of the present study was to illuminate how middle-aged women in Denmark manage, practically and emotionally, exercise in personal leisure time within the constraints of an ongoing time bind related to the societal obligations of work and family. The study was inspired by the micro sociological perspective of Arlie Hochschild, and findings are based on empirical material from focus groups of middle-aged Danish women who completed a three months research based exercise intervention (N = 51), and individual follow-up interviews (N = 21). We elucidate how the societal obligations of being successful at work, being a good mother, and being physically active creates a time bind in the everyday life of middle-aged women. Instead of having more leisure time, middle-aged women experience continuous time demands of work flexibility and performance, as well as new time demanding care duties linked to their children, parents, or grandchildren. We conclude that the personal leisure time of Danish women, exemplified by participation in an exercise intervention, is highly constrained by the time bind of market culture. Furthermore, prioritisation of personal leisure time involves considerable emotion management as a consequence of being unable to fulfil the societal obligations of their usual roles.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Time pressure
KW - Emotion management
KW - Exercise
KW - Work-life balance
KW - Women
KW - Middle-aged
U2 - 10.1080/02614367.2021.1975801
DO - 10.1080/02614367.2021.1975801
M3 - Journal article
VL - 41
SP - 231
EP - 246
JO - Leisure Studies
JF - Leisure Studies
SN - 0261-4367
IS - 2
ER -
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