Long-Term Effects of Leisure Education on Leisure Needs and Stress in Older Adults

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  • Author(s): Kao, I-Chan; Chang, Liang-Chih
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Educational Gerontology. 2017 43(7):356-364.
  • Publication Date:
    2017
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      9
    • Education Level:
      Adult Education
    • Subject Terms:
      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
    • Subject Terms:
      Taiwan
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/03601277.2017.1299447
    • ISSN:
      0360-1277
    • Abstract:
      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.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      37
    • Publication Date:
      2017
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1141466