'I can't be very sad': Constraint and adaptation in the leisure of a 'learning in retirement' group

Leisure Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-83

  Kleiber, Douglas A ^a   Nimrod, Galit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Ageing; Leisure constraints; Retirement

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RETIREMENT;

EID: 58949092768     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360802260820     Document Type: Article

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