‘A Whole New World’: Mothers' Technologically Mediated Leisure

Crafting Well-Being: Meanings and Intentions of Stay-at-Home Mothers' Craft-Based Leisure Activity

“…Like other researchers (Valtchanov et al, 2016;Kleiber et al, 2002), we too found that peer support and feedback from their near and dear ones as well from connections formed on social media were an integral part of the participants' leisure activity. New techniques, ideas, designs, and problemsolving methods discovered on the Internet helped challenge the participants' skills and knowledge, acting as a cognitive counterbalance to their other daily, repetitive tasks.…”

“…The mother's well-being, though, can improve in response to her children (Barling, MacEwen, & Nolte, 1993) and parental role (Gorman & Fritzsche, 2002). Some studies on leisure have concentrated on coordinating family life with leisure activities (e.g., Allan & Crow, 1991;te Kloeze, 1999) and on the connection between motherhood and leisure-based networking (e.g., Parry, Glover, & Mulcahy, 2013; Crafting Well-Being McDaniel, Coyne, & Holmes, 2012;Valtchanov al., 2016). To date, however, only a few studies (e.g., Freeman, Palmer, & Baker, 2006) have concentrated on stay-at-home mothers' leisure activities and their role in enhancing their overall well-being.…”

Structural Relationships among Online Community Use, Parental Stress, Social Support, and Quality of Life between Korean and Taiwanese Employed Mothers

“…In the process of childbirth and childcare, parents experience a variety of stressors such as economic burdens, physical tiredness, and leisure constraints [1]. The ideology of intensive mothering (i.e., good mothers should sacrifice for their children) often intensifies the strain on mothers by imposing a sense of isolation, guilt, and pressure in an "anxiety-inducing culture of motherhood" [16,23] (p. 62). In particular, working mothers are frequently frustrated in balancing two seemingly contradictory tasks of childbearing and career, resulting in psychological disorders and physical illnesses, as well as producing disruptive behaviors in children [24].…”

“…Online spaces have facilitated convenient social leisure via mobile access anytime and anywhere [16]. These technologically mediated communities have offered a communication hub for individuals who suffer from social isolation and leisure constraints.…”

“…Since internet use became widespread globally in the early 1990s, social support has been pursued in the online space, where individuals are connected to one another beyond temporal, spatial, and geographical barriers [2,13]. Online communities (OCs) have not only served an essential role to promote businesses [14], but have also become a space to enjoy social leisure, particularly for mothers to overcome social isolation and exchange social support based on a strong sense of companionship [15,16]. OCs used as a leisure activity could enable mothers to minimize their daily stress, reduce depressive feelings, experience positive energy, and enrich life meanings [17].…”