Relationship between leisure activities and resilience in school teachers

Abstract

It is known that Japanese teachers su er from far more psychological stress in their workplaces than company workers. Moreover, the number of teachers that are away from work on medical leave has become a serious problem in Japan. is study examined how teachers should spend their leisure time to facilitate resilience. Japanese teachers N 495 of elementary, junior high, high schools, and special schools participated in this survey. Results indicated that hobby activities facilitated resilience. Moreover, especially for men, resilience increased when doing output activities, such as participating in sports or playing musical instruments than when doing input activities, such as watching games or listening to music. ere were no di erences between junior high and high school teachers in the relationship between hobby activities and resilience, even though instructing junior high school students is most di cult.

Leisure Activity Variety and Brain Volume Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Analysis of the Neuron to Environmental Impact Across Generations Study Data

“…Several studies have found that engaging in a broader range of LAs lowers the risk of dementia ( Leung et al, 2011 ; Kozono et al, 2016 ; Ling et al, 2020 ), and broader LA contents are associated with higher cognitive test scores ( Ihle et al, 2015 ). Moreover, in Japan, it has been found that engaging in a broader range of LAs promotes stability, improves mental health (e.g., higher life satisfaction called ikigai) ( Haraoka, 2004 ), increases resilience ( Matsunaka et al, 2019 ), and reduces the risk of frailty ( Fushiki et al, 2012 ). Thus, engaging in a broader range of LAs has a positive effect on health; therefore, we hypothesized that this may also hold true for brain volume.…”