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| Voluntary work in the lives of post-retirement adults | | Author(s) | Crispin Oakley, Joanne Pratt |
| Journal title | British Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol 60, no 6, June 1997 |
| Pages | pp 273-276 |
| Keywords | Voluntary work [elderly] ; Life satisfaction ; Recreation ; Correlation. |
| Annotation | The ability of an individual to adapt to either role loss or role gain when he or she enters retirement is influenced by many factors, and several attempts have been made to describe both successful and unsuccessful role adaptation. This study aimed to examine the relationship between leisure activities and life satisfaction in a sample of 40 retired adults aged 60-83. The difference in life satisfaction and leisure activities in one group of 20 subjects who undertook voluntary work was compared with a group of 20 who did not. Demographic, leisure activity, and life satisfaction questionnaires were used. A positive correlation was found in the relationship between leisure activities and life satisfaction levels using Spearman's rank order correlation coefficient. However, when the groups were examined separately, only the non-volunteer group scores showed a positive relationship. In order to compare life satisfaction levels and leisure activity patterns of those who participated in voluntary work with those who did not, the Mann Whitney test was applied to the data. Results for both groups were not significant. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980106230 A |
| Classmark | GHH: F:5HH: H: 49 * |
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