Cultural leisure activities and well-being at work

A study among health care professionals

Bibliographic Data

ID21213601
AuthorsKatinka Tuisku (0000-0002-9409-9392, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), Laura Pulkki-Råback (0000-0003-3242-4863, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), Kirsi Ahola (0000-0002-1662-5991, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), Jari Hakanen (0000-0001-7740-6568, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), Marianna Virtanen (0000-0001-8361-3301, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health)
Year2012
Volume2
Issue3
Pages273-287
Publication date2012-01-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Applied Arts and Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2040-2457 • E-ISSN: 2040-2465
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/jaah.2.3.273_1
OpenAlexW2326537006
LanguageEN
Citations received7

There is growing evidence of the beneficial effects of cultural activities on health and well-being at work. Employees facing job demands and changes at work might benefit from arts when recovering from mental strain, reflecting on their values and finding new perspectives. The aim of this study was to examine the association between the frequency and type of cultural leisure activities and well-being and creativity at work among health care professionals (N=336). We analysed the association of creative leisure activities (art-making or creative expression) and receptive cultural activities (consuming culture) with well-being at work in the following outcomes: creative working mode, personal achievement and work engagement. A higher frequency of cultural leisure activities was associated with well-being at work. Both types of cultural activities were associated with a sense of personal achievement at work, but only creative leisure activities were associated with the creative working mode. In contrast, only receptive cultural activities were associated with work engagement. Sense of coherence, a marker of individual resources for successfully coping with stress, and organizational support of a creative working climate were analysed as covariates. Neither of these explained the associations between cultural activities and well-being at work. Creative hobbies and consuming culture on a weekly basis are both related to well-being at work. In line with earlier studies, the results support cultural activities as a possible empowering factor in occupational well-being among health care professionals

Creativity · Mental health · Well-being · Work engagement · Health, psychology, and well-being · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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