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Since the mid-nineteenth century Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and its subsequent revivals, craft has been positioned in opposition to new technologies. Yet, increasingly people learn, share, produce, and consume crafts through engagements online. This article discusses the relationship between pottery making, eudemonic wellbeing, and the social media site Instagram in the context of digital ethnographic research with British potters during the COVID-19 pandemic. When physical access to spaces such as studios was limited, these potters turned to digital and social media to learn new skills and connect with others from within their own homes. Central to this article is the dissonance between my participants' belief that pottery offered them an escape from their phones, yet simultaneously, much of their enjoyment of pottery came from their participation in online spaces, particularly Instagram. The eudemonic wellbeing impacts generated through their engagements with pottery and the online resources and communities associated with it, concern, 1) satisfying work: self-fulfilment and empowerment, and 2) crafting the self: identity, belonging, and social connectedness, as well as a discussion of the stress and negative consequences engagements with social media brought about for several of my participants. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Leisure Studies is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
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With improvements in the public awareness regarding volunteer opportunities, more people are participating in social work, particularly during emergency events. The mental health of volunteers has been attracting more academic attention due to its increasing social significance. Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behavior, a qualitative interview was conducted to identify important attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived control factors guiding people's volunteering behaviors in an emergency context. Then, a sequential quantitative survey was implemented based on the results of the qualitative study to explore the impact of the aforementioned factors and job involvement on eudemonic well-being. The moderating role of empathy in these relationships was also investigated in this nested design. The results indicate that behavioral attitudes, perceived control, and job involvement have significant positive effects on volunteers' eudemonic well-being. A high perspective taking (cognitive empathy) of volunteers positively moderates the relationship between job involvement and eudemonic well-being, while high personal distress (affective empathy) buffers this relationship. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed in relation to emergency volunteer activities.
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The present study aims to explore the relationship between psychosocial support and eudemonic well-being among old people in Jordan during the Coronavirus crisis. The study's sample consists from 465 old men and women;141 men and 324 women. The ages of those men and women are within the range of (60-85) years. Those men and women use social media. In order to meet the study's goals, two scales were developed. The first scale is the psychosocial support scale which consists from 20 items. The second scale is the eudemonic well-being scale which consists from 30 items. The reliability and validity of those scales were measured. It was found that there is a statistically significant positive correlation between psychosocial support and eudemonic well-being. It was found that there are statistically significant differences between the respondents in terms of the psychosocial support and eudemonic well-being levels which can be attributed to gender for the favor of males. It was found that there are statistically significant differences between the respondents in terms of the psychosocial support and eudemonic well-being levels which can be attributed to income for the favor of the ones with the high income. The researchers suggest several recommendations. For instance, they recommend developing effective plans by the crisis management cell that ensure that old people are provided with psychosocial support. Ensuring that shall increase the eudemonic well-being levels of old people during any future potential crisis. © 2021 University of Jordan,Deanship of Scientific Research. All rights reserved.