DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2016.11.010
出版年: MAR-APR 2017
ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
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JCR 分区
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GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY
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30/49
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出版商ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND
ISSN: 0167-4943
eISSN: 1872-6976
研究领域Geriatrics & Gerontology
摘要
Objectives: To explore the association between leisure participation and subjective well-being and the role gender in this issue among elderly Chinese in Shanghai, China.
Methods: Principal components analysis and logistic regressions are used to analyze the cross-sectional data of the 2013 Shanghai Elderly Life and Opinion Survey that contains 2884 respondents (60+ with a mean age of 72.6) recruited from a multistage cluster sampling design. Subjective well-being is measured by happiness and life satisfaction, and leisure participation is examined by the type and diversity of leisure activities.
Results: Principal components analysis identifies four major types of leisure activity that elderly Chinese are actively engaged in-detachment-recovery, aesthetic, social, and performing-arts activities. Among them, social activities and performing-arts activities have the most relevance to subjective well-being. Females are more likely to engage in social and performing-arts activities whereas males are more likely to engage in detachment-recovery and aesthetic activities. Performing-arts activities promote subjective well-being only for females. Social activities are beneficial for both gender groups, but more so for males than for females. While increased levels of leisure diversity are linearly related to increased odds of subjective well-being for females, moderate level of leisure diversity is found to be the most important for males.
Conclusions: Leisure participation is positively related to subjective well-being among elderly Chinese, and thus could play a critical role in promoting healthy aging. The major gender differences as observed suggest the need to further explore gender-specific barriers in leisure participation. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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作者信息
通讯作者地址: Zhang, W (通讯作者)
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Univ Hawaii Manoa, Coll Social Sci, Dept Sociol, 2424 Maile Way,Saunders Hall 239, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA. 增强组织信息的名称 University of Hawaii Manoa University of Hawaii System
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出版商
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND
类别 / 分类
研究方向:Geriatrics & Gerontology
Web of Science 类别:Geriatrics & Gerontology
文献信息
文献类型:Article
语种:English
入藏号: WOS:000390449000007
ISSN: 0167-4943
eISSN: 1872-6976