BEVAN C GRANT
Biographic Data
| ID | 6180829 |
|---|---|
| NAME | BEVAN C GRANT |
| GIVEN NAMES | BEVAN C |
| FAMILY NAME | GRANT |
| SIGNATURE | GRANT B C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waikato |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
‘Against the grain’
This study explores the meanings that 22 men over 75 years attributed to their experience when joining a community exercise programme. Information gathered via interviews was analysed by inductive analysis. Four dominant themes emerged and these provide a framework for representing the findings. All men believed a physical active lifestyle was desirable for well-being and quality of life, although engagement at various levels is strongly influenc…
Time for Action
By 2050, the over 65 year's age group will account for approximately one quarter of the population. This will have many unprecedented social and economic consequences of which one is the cost associated with health. A preventive health related behaviour attracting considerable attention is physical activity, something that becomes less popular with age. Nonetheless, sustained physical activity can minimize the physiological effects of a sedentary…
A New Sense of Self and a New Lease of Life
As life expectancy increases society will face many unprecedented challenges. One of these will be housing tenure, for the type of home and community in which people live can have a direct impact on health and quality of life. In New Zealand, retirement village living is attracting considerable interest from an increasing proportion of the older population. The purpose of this paper is to consider how living in a retirement village influences the…
Leisure in the Life of a Military Spouse
This study draws on phenomenology using the memory-work method to examine the everyday leisure experiences of five military women spouses living in a remote part of Aotearoa New Zealand. The results revealed the women's freedom of choice for leisure activities were adversely affected by relocating to a military community. Consequently, they shared an empathy with each other and modified their leisure to best suit the situation in which they were …
Physical Activity
Throughout the life course there is a continual redefining of the physical, social, psychological and cultural self. When one reaches the later part of life the collective of these subtleties pose a number of challenges particularly when contemplating embarking on an unfamiliar behavior. One challenge relates to better understanding the changing nature of aging and the of role leisure in later life, particularly that involving regular physical ac…
Leisure time in midlife
This paper reports results from a nationally representative survey of 40–54–year–old New Zealanders investigating correlates of perceived available leisure time. The focus on women and men in midlife, the countries largest birth cohort, was based on concerns for the impact on leisure of a ‘demographic squeeze’ of those in this age group from pressures experienced through changed family structures and political economic policies. Multivariate odds…
You're never too old’
It was evident from interviews with 15 men and women over 70 years of age that the experiences derived from being physically active and playing sport in later life are expansive, dynamic and completely imbued with multiple interpretations. Furthermore, their beliefs support the notion that the physically active body should be considered more than a physical object, as it represents a conscious, feeling, thinking and reflective self. The findings …
You're never too old’
It was evident from interviews with 15 men and women over 70 years of age that the experiences derived from being physically active and playing sport in later life are expansive, dynamic and completely imbued with multiple interpretations. Furthermore, their beliefs support the notion that the physically active body should be considered more than a physical object, as it represents a conscious, feeling, thinking and reflective self. The findings …
Physical Activity
Throughout the life course there is a continual redefining of the physical, social, psychological and cultural self. When one reaches the later part of life the collective of these subtleties pose a number of challenges particularly when contemplating embarking on an unfamiliar behavior. One challenge relates to better understanding the changing nature of aging and the of role leisure in later life, particularly that involving regular physical ac…
A New Sense of Self and a New Lease of Life
As life expectancy increases society will face many unprecedented challenges. One of these will be housing tenure, for the type of home and community in which people live can have a direct impact on health and quality of life. In New Zealand, retirement village living is attracting considerable interest from an increasing proportion of the older population. The purpose of this paper is to consider how living in a retirement village influences the…
Leisure time in midlife
This paper reports results from a nationally representative survey of 40–54–year–old New Zealanders investigating correlates of perceived available leisure time. The focus on women and men in midlife, the countries largest birth cohort, was based on concerns for the impact on leisure of a ‘demographic squeeze’ of those in this age group from pressures experienced through changed family structures and political economic policies. Multivariate odds…
You're never too old’
It was evident from interviews with 15 men and women over 70 years of age that the experiences derived from being physically active and playing sport in later life are expansive, dynamic and completely imbued with multiple interpretations. Furthermore, their beliefs support the notion that the physically active body should be considered more than a physical object, as it represents a conscious, feeling, thinking and reflective self. The findings …
Physical Activity
Throughout the life course there is a continual redefining of the physical, social, psychological and cultural self. When one reaches the later part of life the collective of these subtleties pose a number of challenges particularly when contemplating embarking on an unfamiliar behavior. One challenge relates to better understanding the changing nature of aging and the of role leisure in later life, particularly that involving regular physical ac…
Leisure time in midlife
This paper reports results from a nationally representative survey of 40–54–year–old New Zealanders investigating correlates of perceived available leisure time. The focus on women and men in midlife, the countries largest birth cohort, was based on concerns for the impact on leisure of a ‘demographic squeeze’ of those in this age group from pressures experienced through changed family structures and political economic policies. Multivariate odds…
Leisure in the Life of a Military Spouse
This study draws on phenomenology using the memory-work method to examine the everyday leisure experiences of five military women spouses living in a remote part of Aotearoa New Zealand. The results revealed the women's freedom of choice for leisure activities were adversely affected by relocating to a military community. Consequently, they shared an empathy with each other and modified their leisure to best suit the situation in which they were …
A New Sense of Self and a New Lease of Life
As life expectancy increases society will face many unprecedented challenges. One of these will be housing tenure, for the type of home and community in which people live can have a direct impact on health and quality of life. In New Zealand, retirement village living is attracting considerable interest from an increasing proportion of the older population. The purpose of this paper is to consider how living in a retirement village influences the…
Time for Action
By 2050, the over 65 year's age group will account for approximately one quarter of the population. This will have many unprecedented social and economic consequences of which one is the cost associated with health. A preventive health related behaviour attracting considerable attention is physical activity, something that becomes less popular with age. Nonetheless, sustained physical activity can minimize the physiological effects of a sedentary…
‘Against the grain’
This study explores the meanings that 22 men over 75 years attributed to their experience when joining a community exercise programme. Information gathered via interviews was analysed by inductive analysis. Four dominant themes emerged and these provide a framework for representing the findings. All men believed a physical active lifestyle was desirable for well-being and quality of life, although engagement at various levels is strongly influenc…
Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Physical activity (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (4 works) · Physical Activity and Health (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Demography (3 works)