Carpenter, GayleneStockard, Jean2023-05-222023-05-222010Payne, L., Ainsworth, B., & Godbey, G. (2010). Leisure, Health, and Wellness: Making the Connections. Venture Publishing Inc. 18921328931892132893https://hdl.handle.net/1794/283119 pagesLife expectancy has become much greater in recent years, and North Americans can now expect to live well into their late 70s or early 80s (78.2 years in the United States 80.3 years in Canada). Because this increase has occurred relatively recently, it can be said that"interest in ·adult development during middle adulthood is only just now entering "middle age." That is, it was only about thirty or forty years ago that serious research regarding peoples' lives during their middle adult years began to appear. Prior to this time, those interested in human development focused on infancy, childhood, adolescence, and the elderly. They were intrigued by the clear evidence of factors associated with growth early in life and then decline in later life and essentially paid little attention to human development in the middle years.enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USlife expectancystress and anxietyperceived freedomBook chapter