Kerr Joshua L, Dattilo John, O'Sullivan Deirdre
Counselor Education, Rehabilitation Counseling, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Work. 2012;43(3):279-92. doi: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1390.
This paper provides an outline of the complex relationship among stress, unemployment, mental health, and participation in recreation activities as a possible adaptive coping strategy for people with disabilities.
This paper is a result of a two-phase review of the literature. Phase one included review of articles that examined the relationship among unemployment, stress, and mental health outcomes for people with disabilities. Phase two included articles that examined the efficacy of recreation activities as a means of buffering stress.
Research indicates a cyclical process that occurs when people with disabilities experience unemployment; this unemployment often leads to chronic stress which in turn leads to negative mental health, symptoms that create further barriers to unemployment. Recreation activities that are physically active, culturally relevant, and conducive to relaxation were found to be effective at reducing the types of stressors experienced with unemployment.
A complex relationship among unemployment, stress, mental health, and participation in recreation activities as a possible adaptive coping strategy exists for people with disabilities. An understanding of the types of recreation activities that are likely to reduce specific stressors associated with unemployment may be beneficial to consider as part of a comprehensive treatment plan when working with individuals with disabilities as they engage in the job seeking process.
本文概述了压力、失业、心理健康以及参与娱乐活动之间的复杂关系，娱乐活动是残疾人可能采用的一种适应性应对策略。
本文是对文献进行两阶段综述的结果。第一阶段包括对研究残疾人失业、压力和心理健康结果之间关系的文章进行综述。第二阶段包括研究娱乐活动作为缓解压力手段的有效性的文章。
研究表明，残疾人经历失业时会出现一个循环过程；这种失业往往会导致慢性压力，进而导致负面心理健康，这些症状又会给失业造成进一步障碍。人们发现，体育活动丰富、与文化相关且有助于放松的娱乐活动能有效减轻失业带来的压力源。
对于残疾人来说，失业、压力、心理健康以及参与娱乐活动作为一种可能的适应性应对策略之间存在着复杂的关系。在与残疾人一起参与求职过程时，了解可能减轻与失业相关的特定压力源的娱乐活动类型，作为综合治疗计划的一部分加以考虑可能是有益的。
