The link between successful aging and serious leisure

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-95

  Brown, Carroll A ^a   McGuire, Francis A ^b   Voelkl, Judith ^b  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MALE; SELF ACTUALIZATION; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DANCING; FEMALE; HOBBIES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 39749155848     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.66.1.d     Document Type: Article

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