Predictors of Activity Involvement Among Older Adults

Lefrançois, R; Leclerc, Gilbert; Poulin, Norman A.

doi:10.1300/j016v22n04_03

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“…To determine if the ACS-Aus demonstrates discriminative construct validity (objective 3), the ACS-Aus scores of the younger (60-75 years) group were compared to the older (76 -95 years) group. Existing research has shown that adults older than 75 years participate in fewer activities than younger adults [4,5,15]. An independent t -test analysis was used to detect a difference in CAL scores between the younger (60-75 years) and older (76 -95 years) groups.…”

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“…Existing research has shown adults older than 75 years retain participation in fewer activities than younger cohorts, often as a result of changing life roles and decreased function associated with age-related disease and disability [4,5,15]. An independent t -test analysis showed the younger age group retained participation in significantly more of their original activities compared to participants in the older age group ( P = 0.000), thus supporting existing research, and providing strong evidence for discriminative construct validity of the ACS-Aus.…”

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“…While nearly half of the participants aged between 70 and 74 years were classified as having high levels of function, this figure decreased to less than a fifth for 80-to 84-year olds, and to only 6% of participants older than 85. Lefrancois et al [4] and Pohjolainen's [5] work on participation rates support these findings, with both studies identifying age 78 as the most common age for adults to significantly decrease participation levels.…”

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confidence: 86%

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“…Health status and age seem to consistently play a role in seniors' leisure engagement (Lefrancois, Leclerc, & Poulin, 1998;Strain, Grabusic, Searle, & Dunn, 2002). Specifically, an increase in age combined with poor health status decrease people's general leisure participation.…”

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Chinese Seniors’ Leisure Participation and Constraints in Five Cities

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Luo²,

Huang³

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Leisure participation plays an important role in healthy aging. With the increasing elderly population and its potential social and economic influences, examining the factors that contribute to leisure constraints can be meaningful in evaluating and shaping Chinese seniors' leisure participation. Adopting a face-to-face cross-sectional design, this study interviewed 907 community-dwelling seniors in five cities across Eastern, Western, and Southeastern China to explore their leisure comprehension, participation, perceived constraints, and the relationship between demographic factors and perceived constraints. The results indicated that the participants were satisfied with their leisure participation in general; their leisure comprehension and participation were consistent with the literature. Various demographic factors influenced the perception of leisure constraints differently, with the city size of the participants' residence standing out in terms of its impact on the number of constraints. Recommendations for future research and policy development to promote healthy aging are discussed.

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“…However, the greatest influence on activity patterns is the age of the participant, with the diversity and frequency of leisure activities decreasing as participant age increases [7]. This tendency may be associated with age-related changes to people's lifestyle and family structures [4,5].…”

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A new category of “future planning” in the activity card sort: Continuity versus novelty in old age

Ricon¹,

Weissman²,

Demeter³

2013

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The Activity Card Sort (ACS) is a widely used measure for assessing participation in instrumental, leisure, and social-cultural activities. The ACS addresses previous and current activities but not future activity plans. The purpose of the study was to extend the ACS to include future planning. Previous research indicates that participation in activities and future planning is positively related to life satisfaction, and increased well-being and that these positive effects were most pronounced for adults 60 years and older. The current study participants were 60 Israeli adults aged 55 -74 years. The research finds future planning to be widespread, common and significant among older adults. Moreover, it was found that older people planned to continue previous activities more that they planned new activities for the future, indicating more continuity than innovation among the participants in this study. Participants with higher current or past activity levels planed a greater number of future activities. Construct validity using known group method showed the extended ACS to have discriminant validity with respect to age (younger participants were more active) and gender (highly physical activities were favored by men). MANOVA repeated measures and Pearson correlations demonstrated moderate-high test-retest reliability for the extended ACS.

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Predictors of Activity Involvement Among Older Adults

Cited by 60 publications

References 16 publications

Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – Australia

Measuring changes in activity participation of older Australians: Validation of the Activity Card Sort – Australia

Chinese Seniors’ Leisure Participation and Constraints in Five Cities

A new category of “future planning” in the activity card sort: Continuity versus novelty in old age

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