Older Golfers: Serious Leisure and Successful Aging

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-52

  Siegenthaler, Kim L ^a   O'Dell, Irma ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Cognitive Function; Engagement With Life; Identification; Perseverance; Physical Function; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009776885     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2003.9674304     Document Type: Article

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