Experiences of Participation in Senior Games among Older Adults
Journal of Leisure ResearchPublished 1 March 2009
David Cárdenas, Karla A. Henderson, Beth E. Wilson
Citations33
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score0.75
SNIP1.28
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Abstract
AbstractThis paper examines how Senior Games participants in one state experience their involvement and how this impact relates to perceived health. A random sample of 444 North Carolina Senior Games participants (55 years and older) completed a survey in 2006. A Reasons for Participating (RFP) scale was developed, and selected behaviors and demographic characteristics were analyzed. The RFP factors included physical health, interpersonal relationships, and intrinsic outcomes. Participants were found to be twice as physically active as other older adults in the state. Further, some demographic differences existed regarding reasons and health perceptions among the participants. This study points to the importance of a year-round community based recreation program in enabling older people to become and remain physically and socially active.KEYWORDS: Healthmotivationsphysical activitysocial participation
Keywords
PsychologySocial SciencesMedicine
PsycEXTRA DatasetPhysical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
5,511 Citations1995
This report is the first report of the Surgeon General on physical activity and health, and strong evidence is shown to indicate that regular physical activity will provide clear and substantial health gains.
American PsychologistEstablishing and maintaining healthy environments: Toward a social ecology of health promotion.
1,524 Citations1992Daniel Stokols
Successful aging: Perspectives from the behavioral sciences
1,425 Citations1990Paul B. Baltes, Margret M. Baltes
Social Science & MedicineThe relative influence of individual, social and physical environment determinants of physical activity
1,264 Citations2002Billie Giles‐Corti, Robert J. Donovan
The results suggest that access to a supportive physical environment is necessary, but may be insufficient to increase recommended levels of physical activity in the community, and that greater emphasis be placed on creating streetscapes that enhance walking for recreation and transport.
American Journal of Preventive MedicineEnvironmental and policy interventions to promote physical activityaaThis work was prepared for the CIAR Conference on Physical Activity Promotion: An ACSM Specialty Conference.
1,187 Citations1998James F. Sallis, Adrian Bauman +1 more
Lack of conceptual models and the inherent difficulties of evaluation have hampered research on environmental and policy interventions, and further research is needed, and practitioners and researchers should work together to evaluate programs.
The Journals of Gerontology Series BThe Relation Between Everyday Activities and Successful Aging: A 6-Year Longitudinal Study
822 Citations2003Verena Menec
Regression analyses indicated that greater overall activity level was related to greater happiness, better function, and reduced mortality, and the results suggest that different types of activities may have different benefits.
Journal of Leisure ResearchLeisure and Health: The Role of Social Support and Self-Determination
767 Citations1993Denis J. Coleman, Seppo E. Iso‐Ahola
This paper reviews the literature on the social context of health to identify the ways in which leisure might contribute to health.
The Journals of Gerontology Series BRelationship of Activity and Social Support to the Functional Health of Older Adults
438 Citations2000Kelly M. Everard, Helen W. Lach +2 more
If changes in potentially modifiable risk factors such as activity are associated with the beginning of functional decline, early intervention may be possible before disability ensues, thus reducing the risk of disability and ultimately health care costs.
American Journal of Preventive MedicinePromoting physical activity for older adultsThe challenges for changing behavior
382 Citations2003Lawrence R. Brawley
It is suggested that further attention should be directed toward individualized tailoring of programs that recognize unique barriers in older adults such as intermittent illness and the burden of caregiving.
The Journals of Gerontology Series BPsychosocial and Perceived Environmental Correlates of Physical Activity in Rural and Older African American and White Women
264 Citations2003Sara Wilcox, Melissa Bopp +3 more
Findings support the importance of multilevel influences on PA in older rural women and are useful for informing PA interventions.
Journal of Aging and Physical ActivityBarriers to Exercise Behavior among Older Adults: A Focus-Group Study
242 Citations2005Faith D. Lees, Phillip G. Clark +2 more
Focus groups conducted to determine barriers to the exercise behavior of older adults identified inertia, time constraints, and physical ailments as being the most significant barriers to exercise.
Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyBarriers to and Benefits of Leisure Time Physical Activity in the Elderly: Differences Across Cultures
167 Citations2003Jeannae M. Dergance, Walter L. Calmbach +4 more
Both ethnic groups were accurate in their perceived benefits of LTPA and held similar beliefs about benefits gained from exercise, but the beliefs about the positive benefits of exercise were more prevalent in MAs than in EAs.
Leisure SciencesCompetitive Sport as Leisure in Later Life: Negotiations, Discourse, and Aging
166 Citations2006Rylee A. Dionigi
The Journals of Gerontology Series BPhysical Activity, Public Health, and Aging: Critical Issues and Research Priorities
161 Citations2006Thomas Prohaska, Elaine S. Belansky +6 more
This study highlights the need to understand more fully the rationale behind the rapid decline in physical activity among people over the age of 50 that has been identified in the United States over the past few decades.
Leisure SciencesTranscending Emotional Community: A Qualitative Examination of Older Adults and Masters' Sports Participation
109 Citations2007Kevin Lyons, Rylee A. Dionigi
Leisure SciencesResearching Leisure and Physical Activity with Women of Color: Issues and Emerging Questions
102 Citations2001Karla A. Henderson
Journal of Leisure ResearchThe Role of Leisure Style in Maintaining the Health of Older Adults with Arthritis
87 Citations2006Laura L. Payne, Andrew J. Mowen +1 more
Results indicated that type of leisure style had a significant role in the relationship between arthritis severity and perceived physical health, and the broader the leisure repertoire, the higher the reported health.
Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationPromoting Physical Activity and Exercise in Older Adults
85 Citations2006Edward Kwok-Ho Hui, Laurence Z. Rubenstein
An overview of the field is offered of how clinicians might help individual patients at a more practical level to help order patients reap the benefits of increased physical activity and exercise.
Journal of Aging and Physical ActivityCompetitive Sport and Aging: The Need for Qualitative Sociological Research
80 Citations2006Rylee A. Dionigi
The use of qualitative methods, such as in-depth interviews and observations, and interpretive analysis provided alternative ways of making sense of older adults and their relationship with competitive sport to what is typically found in the sport and aging literature.
Family PracticeThe vagaries of self-reports of physical activity: a problem revisited and addressed in a study of exercise promotion in the over 65s in general practice
78 Citations1999Jane Sims
It is concluded that patients tend to overestimate the amount of physical activity undertaken and that ambulatory heart-rate monitoring may be more useful for verifying actual behaviour.
Journal of Park and Recreation AdministrationMarket Segmentation Using Participant Involvement Profiles
73 Citations2002Gerard T. Kyle, Deborah Kerstetter +1 more
Journal of the American Geriatrics SocietyTen Dimensions of Health and Their Relationships with Overall Self‐Reported Health and Survival in a Predominately Religiously Active Elderly Population: The Cache County Memory Study
69 Citations2005Truls Østbye, Katrina M. Krause +7 more
Journal of Park and Recreation AdministrationEnjoyment: a link to physical activity, leisure, and health.
60 Citations2002Karla A. Henderson, Barbara E. Ainsworth
The results from this exploratory study suggested that linking enjoyment and leisure to physical activity may be an important way to encourage physical activity participation among American Indian women as well as among other ethnic groups.
Journal of Aging and Physical ActivityPhysical and Psychosocial Characteristics of Older Adults Who Participate in a Community-Based Exercise Program
46 Citations2003Elizabeth Orsega‐Smith, Laura L. Payne +1 more
Examination of a community-based exercise program for adults 60 years and older found improvements in endurance and flexibility were documented for the group at large over 6 months, and the low-participation group showed a significant increase in flexibility.
Leisure/LoisirLeisure in the lives of retirement‐aged women: Conversations about leisure and life
39 Citations2003Heather Gibson, Candace Ashton‐Shaeffer +2 more
PubMedPhysical activity in older, rural, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white adults.
38 Citations2005Carolyn Swenson, Julie A. Marshall +3 more
The most common activities were similar to other studies of older adults, both recreational and productive activities contributed to total activity, and physical activity decreased in all gender-ethnic subgroups with age.
Journal of Aging and Physical ActivitySenior Olympians’ Achievement Goals and Motivational Responses
28 Citations1998Maria Newton, Mary D. Fry
American Journal of Preventive MedicineFeeling fine at a hundred and three
27 Citations2005Dilip V. Jeste
Perceptual and Motor SkillsOutcome Expectations That Motivate Physical Activity among World Senior Games Participants
19 Citations2004Ray M. Merrill, Eric C. Shields +2 more
A questionnaire which examines the role of selected outcome expectations from physical activity on motivating regular physical activity among a group of older adults validates a questionnaire which obtained data from a cross-sectional survey of 675 participants in the 2002 World Senior Games.