Activities and well-being in older age: Effects of self-concept and educational attainment.
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The positive effect of activities on well-being is proposed to be mediated by self-conceptualizations and facilitated by socioeconomic status. The hypothesized processes were estimated with LISREL VIII using data from a large cross-sectional survey with a sample of 679 adults aged 65 and older who were representative of older adults living in the Detroit area. Findings indicate that the frequency of performing both leisure and productive activities yields an effect on physical health and depression and that these effects are mediated in part by a sense of self as agentic, but less clearly by a sense of self as social. Furthermore, socioeconomic status, operationalized as formal educational attainment, facilitates the effect of leisure to a greater extent than that of productive activities.
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A survey of 679 older adults found a significant correlation between number of social activities and levels of depression, and leisure activity had a particularly high effect on reducing depression.
“A survey of 679 older adults found a significant correlation between the number of social activities and levels of depression, and that leisure activity had a particularly high effect on reducing depression.9”
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Less strenuous leisure activities have been associated with better functioning and survival among older adults.
“However, less strenuous leisure activities, such as attending classes or volunteering, also have been associated with better functioning (Berkman et al., 1995;Herzog, Franks, Markus, & Holmberg, 1998) and survival (Glass, Mendes de Leon, Marottoli, & Berkman, 1999) among older adults.”
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- Authors
- Herzog, A. R., Franks, M. M., Markus, H. R., & Holmberg, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Venue
- Psychology and Aging
- Published
- 1998
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 179-185
- ISSN
- 0882-7974 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1498
- OpenAlex
- W1988126721
- Cited by
- 248
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 10.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychology and Aging (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01ag008279-03)
- National Institute on Aging (R01 AG08279)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Keywords
- older adults, leisure, productive activities, well-being, self-concept, social self, educational attainment, socioeconomic status, physical health, depression, mediation
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Educational Status, Female, Health Status, Health Surveys, Humans, Human Activities, Leisure Activities, Male, Mental Health, Michigan, Models, Psychological, Self Concept, Social Identification, Urban Health, Causality, Likelihood Functions, Databases, Factual
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