TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health
AU - Sala, Giovanni
AU - Jopp, Daniela
AU - Gobet, Fernand
AU - Ogawa, Madoka
AU - Ishioka, Yoshiko
AU - Masui, Yukie
AU - Inagaki, Hiroki
AU - Nakagawa, Takeshi
AU - Yasumoto, Saori
AU - Ishizaki, Tatsuro
AU - Arai, Yasumichi
AU - Ikebe, Kazunori
AU - Kamide, Kei
AU - Gondo, Yasuyuki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Sala et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - Engagement in leisure activities has been claimed to be highly beneficial in the elderly. Practicing such activities is supposed to help older adults to preserve cognitive function, physical function, and mental health, and thus to contribute to successful aging. We used structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the impact of leisure activities on these constructs in a large sample of Japanese older adults (N = 809; age range 72–74). The model exhibited an excellent fit (CFI = 1); engaging in leisure activities was positively associated with all the three successful aging indicators. These findings corroborate previous research carried out in Western countries and extend its validity to the population of Eastern older adults. Albeit correlational in nature, these results suggest that active engagement in leisure activities can help older adults to maintain cognitive, physical, and mental health. Future research will clarify whether there is a causal relationship between engagement in leisure activities and successful aging.
AB - Engagement in leisure activities has been claimed to be highly beneficial in the elderly. Practicing such activities is supposed to help older adults to preserve cognitive function, physical function, and mental health, and thus to contribute to successful aging. We used structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the impact of leisure activities on these constructs in a large sample of Japanese older adults (N = 809; age range 72–74). The model exhibited an excellent fit (CFI = 1); engaging in leisure activities was positively associated with all the three successful aging indicators. These findings corroborate previous research carried out in Western countries and extend its validity to the population of Eastern older adults. Albeit correlational in nature, these results suggest that active engagement in leisure activities can help older adults to maintain cognitive, physical, and mental health. Future research will clarify whether there is a causal relationship between engagement in leisure activities and successful aging.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0225006
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0225006
M3 - Article
C2 - 31703115
AN - SCOPUS:85074683187
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 14
JO - PloS one
JF - PloS one
IS - 11
M1 - e0225006
ER -