Older women in retirement communities: Perceptions of recreation and leisure

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-66

  Siegenthaler, K L ^a   Vaughan, Jacquelyn ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Grounded theory; Phenomenological; Qualitative; Senior adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044434955     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490409809512264     Document Type: Article

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