Department of Psychology.
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
Psychol Aging. 2020 Nov;35(7):1050-1057. doi: 10.1037/pag0000568. Epub 2020 Aug 13.
The degree to which individuals engage in leisure activities has been shown to predict well-being in older adults, but it is not known whether such activities may help older adults maintain purposefulness into retirement. The current study sought to address whether activity engagement is associated with purpose in life and whether this association differs based on retirement status. We used data from three waves of the Health and Retirement Study between 2008 and 2016. Multilevel growth models accounted for both within- and between-person effects of leisure activity participation and retirement status on change in sense of purpose in life. Participants reported higher sense of purpose on occasions when they engaged more in leisure activities, and more active participants exhibited less decline in purpose over time. Retired individuals showed steeper declines in sense of purpose, but this effect was mitigated among participants reporting greater activity engagement. Leisure activity participation may help to support sense of purpose in life, particularly among retired individuals. These findings underscore the potential for leisure activity interventions to help older adults compensate for loss of work-related roles and maintain purposefulness into retirement. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
个体参与休闲活动的程度已被证明可以很好地预测老年人的幸福感，但目前尚不清楚这些活动是否可以帮助老年人在退休后保持生活目标感。本研究旨在探讨活动参与是否与生活目标感相关，以及这种关联是否因退休状态而异。我们使用了 2008 年至 2016 年期间健康与退休研究（Health and Retirement Study）的三波数据。多层次增长模型同时考虑了休闲活动参与和退休状态对生活目标感变化的个体内和个体间效应。参与者报告说，当他们更多地参与休闲活动时，他们的生活目标感更高，而更活跃的参与者随着时间的推移，目标感的下降幅度较小。退休人员的生活目标感下降幅度更大，但在报告更多活动参与的参与者中，这种影响得到了缓解。休闲活动的参与可以帮助维持生活目标感，尤其是在退休人员中。这些发现强调了休闲活动干预措施的潜力，可以帮助老年人弥补与工作相关角色的丧失，并在退休后保持生活目标感。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。
