Leisure Activities and Quality of Life among the Oldest Old in Sweden

By M. Silverstein, M. Parker. 2002

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Subfields: Demography, Health, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

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Expanding, Reducing, Concentrating and Diffusing: Post Retirement Leisure Behavior and Life Satisfaction (2007, background): “…Robinson & Godbey, 1997; Verbrugge et al., 1996), and provided some support for the psychological benefits of continuity (e.g., Duke et al., 2002; Menec, 2003; Silverstein & Parker, 2002; Van Willigen, 2000), researchers often have ignored individuals’ inclinations (i.e., types segmentations).”
A critical review of the literature on social and leisure activity and wellbeing in later life (2010, neutral): “In the Silverstein and Parker (2002) study discussed earlier, widowhood, higher functional limitations, and lower family support each moderated the longitudinal eﬀect of activity participation on wellbeing.”
The contribution of vacations to quality of life (2012, background): “Silverstein and Parker (2002) and Dann (2001) argue the contribution of leisure to “successful” old age.”
Effects of Playing Wii on Well-Being in the Elderly: Physical Activity, Loneliness, and Mood (2011, background): “…sense of physical and emotional wellbeing, which may delay further decline (Depp et al., 2007; Menec, 2003); however, active engagement may be compromised for many elderly because of physical and practical limitations (Baltes, 1997; Grant, 2001; Nied & Franklin, 2002; Silverstein & Parker, 2002).”
Quality of Life and Leisure Activities: How do Leisure Activities Contribute to Subjective Well-Being? (2011, background): “Silverstein and Parker (2002) stated that maximizing activity participation can be an adaptive strategy taken by older people to compensate for social and physical deficits in later life.”
The Interaction Between Culture, Health and Psychological Well-Being: Data Mining from the Italian Culture and Well-Being Project (2012, background): “An older longitudinal study by Silverstein and Parker (2002) has examined the relation between changes in leisure activities and (retrospectively assessed) change in quality of life among elderly people in Sweden.”
Daily experience of serious leisure, flow and subjective well‐being of older adults (2010, background): “Furthermore, Silverstein and Parker ( 2002 ) found that older adults who increase leisure activity participation are likely to maintain their quality of life.”
A New Method for Analyzing Sequential Processes (2005, methodology): “Researchers have used Logit instead to analyze time-series data with discrete outcome variables (Gupta, 1988; Pevalin & Ermisch, 2004; Silverstein & Parker, 2002).”
Aging Successfully: A Four-Factor Model (2011, methodology): “For example, using a nationally representative sample of 324 older Swedes, Silverstein (2002) found elders that increase their activity participation across six domains (e.g., culture-entertainment, productive-personal growth, outdoor-physical, recreation-expressive, friendship, and formal-group) te”
‘Colour and communion’: Exploring the influences of visual art-making as a leisure activity on older women's subjective well-being (2010, background): “Silverstein and Parker (2002) conducted a study that disentangled relationships among older people’s engagement in activities, their subjective well-being, and their physical health.”