Social integration, leisure activity, and life satisfaction in older adults: activity theory revisited.
The relative contributions of objective integration, subjective integration, and total leisure activity to the life satisfaction of older adults are examined. A random sample of 400 persons ages forty through eighty-nine residing in a demographically typical midwestern city were interviewed by phone. Results show that Objective Integration does not contribute incrementally to Life Satisfaction except among males under age sixty-five. Subjective Integration, on the other hand, contributes significantly to Life Satisfaction of males and females under and over age sixty-five. Even when demographic variables, Objective Integration, and Subjective Integration are taken into account statistically, Total Leisure Activity contributes significantly to Life Satisfaction in all groups examined.
Steinkamp
M W
MW
Adult Development Program, University of Illinois, Champaign.
Kelly
J R
JR
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life