Serious Leisure and Passion in University Programs for Seniors

Nebreda, Joseba Doistua; Quintana, Idurre Lazcano; Madariaga, Aurora

doi:10.3390/ijerph19063573

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“…inactive [43]. Passion Recent Studies show that older persons who engage in meaningful pastimes report higher levels of happiness and passion when compared to those who do not [44]. To elaborate, "passion" is "a strong emotion toward a personally significant value/preference that stimulates intents and actions to convey that value/preference" [45].…”

Section: Molecular Alterations In Brain Agingmentioning

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Postoperative confusion after anasthesia in elderly patients with femoral neck fracture

Afifi,

Fekry,

Abo El-Wafa

2023

Benha Journal of Applied Sciences

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Background: Confusion, a One of the most prevalent issues in medicine is a mental and behavioural condition of diminished understanding, coherence, and ability for reason. The acute confusional condition known as delirium continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and death worldwide. There may be neurological predisposing variables when some older persons of the same age have the same procedure and others do not suffer postoperative delirium. Objectives: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the impact of anaesthesia on cognitive function in elderly individuals with femoral neck fracture. Conclusions: Delirium after hip fracture surgery is a frequent but dangerous complication. Metabolic dysfunction, drug-related issues, stress reactions, and anaesthetic type are all possible contributors. Interventions like anxiety reduction and pharmaceutical medications may be useful, but there is no one-size-fits-all approach to prevention.

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Section: Molecular Alterations In Brain Agingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Postoperative confusion after anasthesia in elderly patients with femoral neck fracture

Afifi,

Fekry,

Abo El-Wafa

2023

Benha Journal of Applied Sciences

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“…However, the effects seem to be quite specific [ 83 ]. Recent research demonstrates that greater involvement in serious leisure in older adults turns into greater levels of subjective well-being and harmonious passion [ 84 ].…”

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Motion, Relation, and Passion in Brain Physiological and Cognitive Aging

2022

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The aim of the current paper was to present important factors for keeping the basic structures of a person’s brain function, i.e., the grey and white matter, intact. Several lines of evidence have shown that motion, relation, and passion are central factors for preserving the neural system in the grey and white matter during ageing. An active lifestyle has shown to contribute to the development of the central nervous system and to contrast brain ageing. Interpersonal relationships, and interactions, have shown to contribute to complex biological factors that benefit the cognitive resilience to decline. Furthermore, the current scientific literature suggests that passion, strong interest, could be the driving factor motivating individuals to learn new things, thus influencing the development and maintenance of the neural functional network over time. The present theoretical perspective paper aims to convey several key messages: (1) brain development is critically affected by lifestyle; (2) physical training allows one to develop and maintain brain structures during ageing, and may be one of the keys for good quality of life as an older person; (3) diverse stimuli are a key factor in maintaining brain structures; (4) motion, relation, and passion are key elements for contrasting the loss of the grey and white matter of the brain.

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“…Case studies investigating service quality, value, satisfaction, loyalty and related constructs are prevalent in the sports management literature; examples include a sports and leisure center in Australia (Howat et al, 1999;Murray and Howat, 2002), a health club in Greece (Alexandris et al, 2004), a fitness center in Greece (Avourdiadou and Theodorakis, 2014), a professional football match in Greece (Theodorakis et al, 2011), an American university (e.g. Kwon et al, 2005), a swimming sport center in Greece (Kontogianni et al, 2011), the Wuhan tennis open (Tian et al, 2021) and university training programs for seniors (Doistua et al, 2022).…”

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“…, 2011), the Wuhan tennis open (Tian et al. , 2021) and university training programs for seniors (Doistua et al. , 2022).…”

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Increasing the willingness to stay – a novel and comprehensive member satisfaction index (MSI) model tested in a leading German tennis club

Kölbl

Blank²,

Schobersberger³

et al. 2022

TQM

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PurposeThis study aims to address customer focus as an important component of total quality management (TQM) and explore the key drivers of member satisfaction in tennis clubs via a novel theory-based member satisfaction index (MSI) model with high explanatory and predictive power. Furthermore, the study aims to investigate the relationship between satisfaction and behavioral intentions (willingness to stay; WTS) with consideration of the mediating effect of identification with the club.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses variance-based partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to estimate the MSI model, which was tested in a leading tennis club in Germany (n = 185).FindingsThe results reveal that club atmosphere, club facilities and the price/quality ratio of the membership fee are the most important drivers of member satisfaction in tennis clubs. Member satisfaction has a large influence on the WTS of tennis club members. Identification with the club, when included as a mediator in the model, increases the variance explained in WTS considerably.Research limitations/implicationsThe small sample limits the generalizability of findings, and further research is recommended.Practical implicationsThe MSI model is a useful benchmark tool for club managers who want to quantify the satisfaction and WTS of their club members. In addition, because of the integrated formative measurement models, the PLS-SEM results show which indicators can be used to positively impact satisfaction with each of the service quality dimensions, overall member satisfaction and WTS. The most important of these results are discussed in an importance-performance map analysis.Originality/valueThe MSI model is a multi-attribute index model through which members' evaluations of various dimensions of service and value are derived through multivariable linear function with each dimension weighted according to its importance in one holistic model. The model shows the strong impact of satisfaction on WTS of sports club members and reveals that findings of previous research on the relationship between fan and spectator identification and loyalty are transferable to sports club members. The MSI represents a new contribution to the literature; it was applied here to tennis clubs but is also suitable for application to other sports clubs.

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Serious Leisure and Passion in University Programs for Seniors

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

Postoperative confusion after anasthesia in elderly patients with femoral neck fracture

Postoperative confusion after anasthesia in elderly patients with femoral neck fracture

Motion, Relation, and Passion in Brain Physiological and Cognitive Aging

Increasing the willingness to stay – a novel and comprehensive member satisfaction index (MSI) model tested in a leading German tennis club

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