Refining research on older adults' leisure: Implications of selection, optimization, and compensation and socioemotional selectivity theories

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 498-513

  Burnett Wolle, Sarah ^a,b   Godbey, Geoffrey ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; And compensation theory; Optimization; Research; Selection; Socioemotional selectivity theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; OPTIMIZATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RESEARCH;

EID: 34547092934     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2007.11950119     Document Type: Article

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