Frailty, Leisure Activity and Functional Status in Older Adults: Relationship With Subjective Well Being

Education and mortality among older adults in China

“…For example, gardening may reflect physical capacity and capture severity of health problems; reading may reflect cognitive health and literacy; and watching TV may reflect having the economic resources necessary to own a TV. Previous research has shown that both social and solitary leisure activities are associated with reduced mortality (Sun and Liu, 2006), improved physical (Everard et al, 2000) and cognitive functioning (Glei et al, 2005), and better subjective wellbeing (Ross and Zhang, 2008;Simone and Haas, 2013). However, activity participation, especially solitary leisure activity participation, has not been included in many existing studies of the educationemortality linkage.…”

Perceptions of Leisure by Older Adults Who Attend Senior Centers

“…Since senior centers often provide a context for creating a supportive peer group (Aday et al, 2006), research is needed to determine ways to facilitate connections. Simone and Haas (2013) demonstrated positive effects of engaging in leisure and remaining socially active in old age and called for interventions that help older adults experience leisure. Given the importance of regular social interactions with consistent peers, it is not surprising participants wanted more chances to make connections.…”

“…Specifically, Hunter and Gillen (2009) determined that leisure engagement is an important stress coping mechanism for older adults. In addition, there is a strong positive relationship among social leisure engagement, subjective wellbeing, and functional status of older adults (Simone & Haas, 2013). One way to prevent unnecessary dependency in old age is to consider availability, utilization, and interaction of resources (Perrig-Chiello et al, 2013) that influence self-determination.…”

“…Leisure and social engagement can increase older adults' happiness and life satisfaction (Simone & Haas, 2013). There is empirical evidence that many forms of leisure contribute to substantial physical, psychological, cognitive, and social health benefits for older adults (e.g., Heo, Stebbins, Kim, & Lee, 2013).…”

Relação entre apoio social e bem-estar subjetivo em idosos: revisão sistemática

“…No primeiro caso, referente ao conjunto de fatores intrínsecos, a literatura tem evidenciado a substancial influência da personalidade, da espiritualidade, do lócus de controle, das estratégias de coping, das crenças autorreferenciadas, da interpretação subjetiva dos eventos, entre outros (9)(10)(11)(12) . No tocante ao conjunto de fatores extrínsecos, as variáveis mais pesquisadas são a saúde, a renda econômica, o nível educacional, a condição conjugal, os eventos de vida, entre outras (10,13,14) . Além das variáveis citadas anteriormente, o apoio social ganha certo destaque no modelo bottom-up por apresentar uma forte associação com o BES ao longo do ciclo vital, mas especialmente na longevidade, em que os idosos tendem a sofrer perdas de papeis sociais e demonstram maior propensão à vulnerabilidade e à fragilidade (6,10) .…”