Combining Lifelong Learning with Civic Engagement

Wilson, Laura; Simson, Sharon

doi:10.1300/j021v24n01_04

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“…Note though, that the specific results for educational activities have to be taken lightly because there are very few older people who spend any time doing them (see Table 2). Given that, we might expect educational activities to become more social with age as older people are more likely to be investing in self-actualization and doing educational activities to become more socially involved and less likely to be doing educational activities for career development and human capital development (as younger people; Lang & Carstensen, 2002; Wilson & Simson, 2003). …”

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Age Differences in Daily Social Activities

Marcum

2012

Res Aging

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The extent to which older and younger people do different activities when they are with others and when they are alone is examined in this article. I leverage interpersonal data in combination with information on activities from the American Time Use Survey to shed light on the long held finding that older people have less social contact than younger people. The results show that, net of intervening factors, age is associated with declines in time spent with others for virtually all types of time use. However, the variety of activities that older and younger people do also differs. Using leisure activities to probe this finding reveals that, when older people spend time with others it tends to be during activities that are sui generis social activities—such as attending parties—but that this is not necessarily the case for younger people. The literature on time use and aging is discussed in light of these findings and a new hypothesis on agency in the life course is proposed.

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Age Differences in Daily Social Activities

Marcum

2012

Res Aging

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“…In the United States, national programs include the Senior Corp programs, the Foster Grandparent Program, the Senior Companionship Program, and the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (programs reviewed recently by Silva & Thomas, 2006). Nonetheless, volunteerism has not been found to be an integrated part of most service organizations—thus limiting the opportunities (Wilson, Simson, Steele, & Harlow‐Rosentraub, 2006). On the less effective side, these experiences often involve older adults in the provision of relatively low‐level volunteer services, and 46% of the existing volunteers have reported they would volunteer more if more meaningful opportunities were available (Wilson et al, 2006).…”

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Ageism: A Review of Research and Policy Implications

Bugental

Hehman

2007

Social Issues Policy Review

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The current literature on aging and ageism is summarized in support of a theoretical perspective that includes both the biological and the psychosocial components of these processes. Conceptual and methodological problems are identified in models that rely on a deficit approach to aging. We suggest that the biased responses of others foster older adults' stress‐related emotional and hormonal responses—responses that may effectively reduce their social and cognitive competence. This negative feedback process ultimately acts in a stereotype‐maintaining fashion. Implications are drawn for possible changes in social policy and institutional practices that may reduce or prevent the harmful effects of ageism. Examples are given of existing policies and practices that limit the lives of older adults (in the guise of protection), along with newly instituted policies and practices (including those at an international level) that place the welfare of older adults in the context of life course issues shared by all.

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“…The results for educational activities have to be taken lightly because there are very few older people who spend any time doing them (see Table 1). Given that, we might expect educational activities to become more social with age as older people are more likely to be investing in self-actualization and doing educational activities to become more socially involved and less likely to be doing educational activities for career development and human capital development (as younger people) (Lang and Carstensen, 2002;Wilson and Simson, 2003). Why, even after controlling for intervening factors, is there a negative relationship between age and spending time with others?…”

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Age Differences in Daily Social Activities

Marcum¹

2011

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The extent to which older and younger people do different activities when they are with others and when they are alone is examined in this paper. I leverage interpersonal data in combination with information on activities from the American Time Use Survey to shed light the long held finding that older people have less social contact than younger people. The results show that, net of intervening factors, age is associated with declines in time spent with others for virtually all types of time use. However, the variety of activities that older and younger people do also differs. Using leisure activities to probe this finding uncovers that, when older people spend time with others it tends to be during activities that are sui generis social activitiessuch as attending parties-but that this is not necessarily the case for younger people. The literature on time use and aging is discussed in light of these findings and a new hypothesis on agency in the life course is proposed.

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Combining Lifelong Learning with Civic Engagement

Cited by 15 publications

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Age Differences in Daily Social Activities

Age Differences in Daily Social Activities

Ageism: A Review of Research and Policy Implications

Age Differences in Daily Social Activities

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