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Leisure Education in a Day Hospital: The Effects on Selected Social-Psychological Variables Among Older Adults

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 1991

Abstract

Previous research has cited the need for leisure education programs to ensure that leisure-time experiences serve to enhance elderly individuals' psychological well-being. This study sought to determine the effects of a leisure education program on perceived leisure control, perceived leisure competence, and self-esteem among elderly patients in a day hospital. Fifty-three volunteer participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control group conditions. The experimental group received a leisure education program which occurred one hour per week for eight weeks. Both groups were administered a test battery, before and after the program, to assess the impact of the leisure education program on the dependent variables locus of control, perceived competence, and self-esteem while controlling for possible intervening variables. The results of an analysis of covariance for perceived leisure competence were statistically significant. The findings for the other dependent variables, leisure locus of control and self-esteem, were not significant. The implications of these results for researchers and the delivery of leisure services in day hospitals are discussed.

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Les recherches antéricures ont démontré le besoin de programmes d'éducation au loisir pour que le temps libre contribue au bien-être psychologique des personnes âgées. Cette étude visait à déterminer les effets d'un programme d'éducation au loisir sur la perception du contrôle de son temps libre, de sa compétence face au loisir, et sur l'estime de soi, chez des patients âgés d'un centre de jour. Les 53 participants volontaires à la recherche furent répartis au hasard entre un groupe expérimental et un groupe contróle. Le groupe expérimental a participé à un programme d'éducation au loisir d'une duréc d'une heure, pendant huit semaines. Une batteric de tests fut administrée aux deux groupes, avant et après le programme, pour évaluer son impact sur les variables dépendantes, le lieu de contrôle, la compétence perčue, et l'estime de soi, tout en contrôlant les variables intermédiaires possibles. Les résultats de l'analyse de la covariance furent significatifs pour ce qui est de la compétence perčue face aux loisirs. Les résultats pour les deux autres variables dépendantes ne furent pas significatifs. Les implications de ces résultats pour la recherche et la prestation des services de loisir dans les hôpitaux de jour sont discutées.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 10Number 2September 1991
Pages: 95 - 109

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Version of record online: 29 April 2009

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Mark S. Searle
The University of Manitoba
Michael J. Mahon
The University of Manitoba

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