Serious Leisure, Life Satisfaction, and Health of Older Adults

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-32

  Heo, Jinmoo ^a   Stebbins, Robert A ^b   Kim, Junhyoung ^c   Lee, Inheok ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health; life satisfaction; older adults; serious leisure; sport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELDERLY POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORT;

EID: 84871864577     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: 15210588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2013.739871     Document Type: Article

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