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Activity and psychological well-being in older people
Author(s)	P Warr, V Butcher, I Robertson
Journal title	Aging & Mental Health, vol 8, no 2, March 2004
Pages	pp 172-183
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Well being ; Life satisfaction ; Evaluation ; Social surveys.
Annotation	Affective well-being and life satisfaction between the ages of 50 and 74 were investigated as a function of the frequency with which individuals undertook six types of activity, after controlling for potential confounding variables. Overall activity level (across all types) was significantly positively associated with both outcome variables. Activities in the Family and Social and the Church and Charity domains were found to be important in this age range, but other types of activity were less consistently associated with affective well-being or life satisfaction. Differences were observed in the frequency of some activity types between men and women and between people in employment, unemployment and retirement. However, associations between activity and psychological well-being did not vary between men and women, and differences in correlation with well-being between non-employed and employed individuals were significant only for aggregate indicators. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040618217 A
Classmark	D:F:5HH: F:5HH: 4C: 3F
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