Leisure and Health in Middle Age
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Date
2010
Authors
Carpenter, Gaylene
Stockard, Jean
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Publisher
Venture Publishing Inc.
Abstract
Life 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.
Description
9 pages
Keywords
life expectancy, stress and anxiety, perceived freedom
Citation
Payne, L., Ainsworth, B., & Godbey, G. (2010). Leisure, Health, and Wellness: Making the Connections. Venture Publishing Inc. 1892132893