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ToolsAroean, Lukman, Golgeci, Ismail and Usrey, Bryan (2024) The evolving impact of engaging in leisure activities towards life quality: A longitudinal study of elderly in the UK. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 39 (1). pp. 100-118. ISSN 0749-6753
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We examine the evolving impact of leisure activities (LA) on three key measures of the elderly's life quality: cognitive functioning (CF), psychological well-being (PWB), and life enjoyment (LE). Using four waves of the English Longitudinal Studies of Ageing between 2008 and 2014 with 7097 respondents, we investigate how the elderly's LA influence their CF, PWB, and LE. Building on the theoretical perspective of being active in promoting psycho-mental health, we confirm the positive impact of engaging in LA, such as going to the cinema/theatre and eating out, on the elderly's life quality. We further reveal the evolving impact of LA on the elderly's life quality. In a steady manner, LA directly promote the elderly's LE. In a declining pattern, CF and PWB mediate the relationships between LA and LE. As such, the impact of LA in sustaining perceived LE occurs dominantly as a direct effect during the activity. The elderly's LE throughout their old age can originate from engaging in LA, which mainly work directly rather than indirectly through CF and PWB.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | cognitive functioning,elderly,leisure activities,life enjoyment,life quality,longitudinal study,psychological well-being,health policy,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2719 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2026 16:00 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2026 13:32 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/103267 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/hpm.3725 |
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