Adaptation to the Covid-19 pandemic among older adults in the United States

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ID12855463
AutoresBegum Aybar-Damali (autor correspondente), Francis A McGuire, Douglas A Kleiber
Ano2021
Volume63
Fascículo3
Páginas244-254
Data de publicação2021-07-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWorld Leisure & Recreation (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1026-1133 • E-ISSN: 2333-4509
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/16078055.2021.1957009
OpenAlexW3193767607
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas28

The COVID-19 pandemic is a constraint to leisure behaviour of historic proportions. Paradoxically, it might also be a catalyst for a reconsideration of the importance of leisure to well-being in later life. This paradox, on a smaller scale, was addressed previously by Kleiber. In their examination of how factors constraining behaviour may actually produce enduring benefits for individuals. The proposition explored in this paper is that COVID-19 and its concomitant circumstances and social problems provoke an alteration in leisure activity and experience in the process of adjusting not only to the pandemic but also to the aging process. Prominent theories of adaptation in later life suggest that the changes that occur in response to negative events in later life are more limited than those occurring in earlier adulthood and that older adults may have resilience for dealing with its effects. This paper focuses on two categories of positive constraint outcomes from the model of beneficial constraint developed by Kleiber et al. (Citation2008). An examination of data from a variety of sources provides limited support for occurrence of these aspects of the model and for its special relevance to this pandemic period

Adaptation (eye · Constraint (computer-aided design · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Pandemic · Political science · Proposition · Psychological resilience · Relevance (law · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Transport and Accessibility