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Leandra A. Bedini
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Publications - 51
Citations - 1030
Leandra A. Bedini is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The author has contributed to research in topics: Recreation & Family caregivers. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 50 publications receiving 998 citations. Previous affiliations of Leandra A. Bedini include University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Women with physical disabilities and the negotiation of leisure constraints
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative interview with women with disabilities was conducted to obtain information about the experience and meaning of leisure for women with physical disabilities, and two major themes emerged relative to constraints to leisure: magnification of leisure constraints and strategies for negotiating constraints.
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"Just Sit Down So We Can Talk:" Perceived Stigma and Community Recreation Pursuits of People with Disabilities
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the perceptions of stigma and subsequent responses to those perceptions in adults with disabilities in community recreation experiences and found that participants with physical and/or psychological disabilities became helpless, resisted the stigma, or yielded and embraced their situation.
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In search of lost leisure: the impact of caregiving on leisure travel
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the impact of caregiving on the leisure travel behaviors of family caregivers and their care-recipients and identified impediments to pursuing or maintaining leisure travel for caregivers of older adults.
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"I have a soul that dances like Tina Turner, but my body can't": physical activity and women with mobility impairments.
TL;DR: The results of this study highlighted the need to consider and improve opportunities for physical activity for women with mobility impairments and identified four values associated with physical activities: leisure, therapy, maintenance, or perceived little value.
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Adolescent Girls' Involvement in Disability Sport: A Comparison of Social Support Mechanisms
TL;DR: The authors examined differences in social support received by girls with disabilities who did and did not participate in organized wheelchair sport programs and investigated the relationship between social support and outcomes tied to wheelchair sport participation.