TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Self-determination Theory to Understand Challenges to Aging, Adaptation, and Leisure among Community-dwelling Older Adults
AU - Dattilo, John
AU - Mogle, Jacqueline
AU - Lorek, Amy E.
AU - Freed, Sara
AU - Frysinger, Margaret
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the [UL Tr000127]; National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2018/4/3
Y1 - 2018/4/3
N2 - Self-determination theory was used to help guide a study examining challenges to aging, adaptation, and leisure among community-dwelling older adults. Two focus groups (n = 21) explored perceptions; two follow-up focus groups (n = 8) solicited reactions to initial findings, resulting in revised categories and themes. Participants identified self-determination needs, age-related challenges to satisfying these needs, adaptation strategies, and using leisure engagement to meet these needs. Findings extend research by identifying: (a) challenges with ageism, (b) need to accept challenges before determining coping strategies, and (c) importance of maintaining relationships to compensate for shrinking social networks. Conversations highlighted perceptions about connections between needs and outcomes, challenges, adaptations, and leisure.
AB - Self-determination theory was used to help guide a study examining challenges to aging, adaptation, and leisure among community-dwelling older adults. Two focus groups (n = 21) explored perceptions; two follow-up focus groups (n = 8) solicited reactions to initial findings, resulting in revised categories and themes. Participants identified self-determination needs, age-related challenges to satisfying these needs, adaptation strategies, and using leisure engagement to meet these needs. Findings extend research by identifying: (a) challenges with ageism, (b) need to accept challenges before determining coping strategies, and (c) importance of maintaining relationships to compensate for shrinking social networks. Conversations highlighted perceptions about connections between needs and outcomes, challenges, adaptations, and leisure.
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U2 - 10.1080/01924788.2017.1388689
DO - 10.1080/01924788.2017.1388689
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85034634649
SN - 0192-4788
VL - 42
SP - 85
EP - 103
JO - Activities, Adaptation and Aging
JF - Activities, Adaptation and Aging
IS - 2
ER -