ERIC Number: EJ1141466
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1277
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Long-Term Effects of Leisure Education on Leisure Needs and Stress in Older Adults
Kao, I-Chan; Chang, Liang-Chih
Educational Gerontology, v43 n7 p356-364 2017
We examined whether a 12-week leisure education program could promote leisure autonomy and leisure competence and reduce stress in older adults. Forty subjects were randomly assigned to either an experimental group or a control group. Before the experiment, pretest data were collected using leisure autonomy, leisure competence, and stress scales. After the experiment, posttest data were collected using the same scales; follow-up test data were collected a year later. These data were evaluated through an analysis of covariance. The results indicated that the average posttest and follow-up test scores of leisure autonomy and leisure competence in the experimental group were significantly higher than the corresponding scores in the control group and that the average posttest and follow-up test scores of stress in the experimental group were significantly lower than the corresponding scores in the control group. In the experimental group, the average posttest and follow-up test scores of leisure autonomy and leisure competence were significantly higher than the average pretest scores of leisure autonomy and leisure competence, whereas the average posttest and follow-up test scores of stress were significantly lower than the average pretest scores of stress. Therefore, health care practitioners should adopt the provision of leisure education as a priority to promote leisure autonomy and leisure competence and reduce stress in older adults.
Descriptors: Older Adults, Leisure Time, Outcomes of Education, Control Groups, Pretests Posttests, Stress Variables, Statistical Analysis, Scores, Personal Autonomy, Experimental Groups, Health Services, Comparative Analysis, Leisure Education, Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Intervention
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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