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| Leisure patterns and health among recently widowed adults | | Author(s) | Megan C Janke, Galit Nimrod, Douglas A Kleiber |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation & Aging, vol 32, no 1, 2008 |
| Publisher | The Haworth Press, Inc., 2008 |
| Pages | pp 19-39 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Widows ; Widowers ; Bereavement ; Activities of older people ; Recreation ; Health [elderly] ; Stress ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this study was to examine how leisure involvement changes with the transition to widowhood and to determine if change in leisure involvement during this time has an impact on widows' physical and mental health. 154 adults age 50 and older who had become widowed between Waves 1 and 2 or Waves 2 and 3 of the Americans' Changing Lives (ACL) dataset were included in the study. Results indicated that during this time widows experienced changes in their leisure repertoire (the types of leisure activities in which they participate), and the frequency of their leisure involvement. These changes in leisure behaviour were associated with functional impairment, depressive symptoms, and life satisfaction, as well as their ability to cope with the loss of their spouse. Findings are interpreted in terms of effective strategies that appear to be employed by widows in using leisure activities following loss of a spouse. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080709201 A |
| Classmark | SP: SPA: DW: G: H: CC: QNH: 3F: 7T |
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