Leisure and Identity Management in Later Life: Understanding Competitive Sport Participation Among Older Adults

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 4-15

  Dionigi, Rylee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive Sport; Identity Management; Mask Motifs; Older Adults; Qualitative Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012897402     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2002.9674274     Document Type: Article

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