Activity and Aging: Staying Involved in Later LifeIn this volume, leading contributors from both gerontology and leisure studies discuss the importance of various kinds of activity to health, social integration and the quality of later life. Each chapter discusses the history of research and theory on a specific issue, current formulations and some implications for the future. The volume addresses such issues as productivity, social bonding, persistence in exercise and specific activities in retirement communities and senior programmes. |
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Atchley | 5 |
Values as Sources of the Ageless Self | 17 |
Meanings of Activity | 25 |
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activity theory adulthood age in place American Baltes Bandura chapter Chiriboga cognitive commitment context continuity theory creative Csikszentmihalyi cultural Cutler Riddick dance disengagement effects efficacy elderly empty nest engaged environment exercise experience factors females flow focused freely chosen friends friendship gender groups Havighurst humor identity important interaction intrinsic motivation involvement J. J. Jackson Journal of Gerontology Journal of Leisure Kelly Larson later leisure activities leisure behavior Leisure Research Leisure Sciences levels life-style lives Lopata McAuley meaning of leisure ment nursing home older adults older persons older women opportunities organized activity patterns perspective physical activity predictor programs psychological recreation relationships reported residents respondents retirement communities role satisfaction self-concept self-efficacy senior center serious leisure significant skills social activities Sociology Sociology of Leisure stages Tinsley tion type of activity U.S. Congress University voluntary associations volunteer well-being widows York