Why do older adults garden?

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Ashton Shaeffer, Candace ^a   Constant, Alice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b Palm Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

Gardening; Motivation; Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746463042     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v30n02_01     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Administration on Aging (1999). A profile of older Americans. [On-line]. Available: http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/aoa/stats/profile/default.htm
2. Allan, C. (1981). Measuring the Mature Market. American Demographics. 3(3): 13-17.
3. Beard, J., & Ragheb, M. (1983). Measuring leisure motivation. Journal of Leisure Research, 15, 219-228.
4. Caltabiano, M. L. (1988). The effect of predisposing variables and leisure on the relationship between stressful life events and illness symptomatology. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
5. Constant, A. (2000). Recreation specialization, life satisfaction, and leisure motivation in older adult gardeners. Unpublished master's thesis. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
6. Dillman, D. (1978). Mail and telephone surveys the total design method. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
7. Dillman, D. (1991). The design and administration of mail surveys. Annual Review of Sociology, 17, 225-249.
8. Dortch, S. (1996). How green are our thumbs? American Demographics. 18(6), 6-8.
9. Iso-Ahola, S. E. (1994). Liesure lifestyle and health. In D. Compton & S. Iso-Ahola (eds.) Leisure and Mental Health (pp. 42-60). Park City: Utah: Family Development Resources.
10. Iso-Ahola, S. E. & Park, C. L. (1996). Leisure-related social support and self-determination as buffers of stress-illness relationship. Journal of Leisure Research, 28(3), 169-187.
11. Kaplan, R. (1973). Some psychological benefits of gardening. Environment and Behavior, 5, 145-161.
12. Kaplan, R., & Kaplan, S. (1995). The experience of nature: A psychological perspective. Ann Arbor, MI: Ulrich's Bookstore.
13. Lewis, C. (1992). Plants and the community: Effects of plants and gardening in creating interpersonal and community well-being. In D. Relf (Ed.), The role of horticulture in human well-being and social development (pp.55-65). Portland, OR: Timber Press.
14. Lounsbury, J. W., & Franz, C. P. G. (1990). Vacation discrepancy: A leisure motivation approach. Psychological Reports, 66, 699-703.
15. Olmsted, F. (1865). The value and care of parks. Report to the Congress of the State of California. (Reprinted in Landscape Architecture, 17, 20-23 [1952]).
16. Maslow, A. H. (1943). A Theory of Human Motivation. Psychological Review, 50, 370-396.
17. Montague, C. (1997). Throwing in the Trowel? American Demographics: Marketing Tools. 19(5), 64.
18. Payne, L., Orsega-Smith, B., Godbey, G., & Roy, M. (1998). Local parks and the health of older adults. Parks & Recreation, 10, 64-70.
19. United States Bureau of the Census (1990b). We, the American elderly. [On-line]. Available: www.census.gov80/apsd/wepeople/we-9.pdf
20. United States Bureau of the Census (1995). Sixty-five plus in the United States: A statistical brief [On-line]. Available: http://www.census.gov:80/socdemo/www/agebrief.html
21. United States Bureau of the Census (1998). Statistical Abstract of the United States (118th Ed.). Washington, DC.
22. United States Bureau of the Census (1999b). Statistical Abstract of the United States (119th Ed.). Washington, DC.
23. Waldrop, J. (1996), Garden Variety Customers. American Demographics, 15(4), 44-49.