There is a large and growing body of evidence on the health benefits of engagement in
leisure activities (voluntary, enjoyable non-work activities, such as hobbies, arts …

Objectives: Social participation has been shown to improve health, well-being, and quality of
life in older adults. Previous reviews on social participation have been limited to identifying …

Public health recommendations and governmental measures during the new coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) pandemic have enforced numerous restrictions on daily living including …

Background: The concept of social participation is highly valued in old age. However, there
is ambiguity and disagreement in the definition and attributes of this concept among the …

The only textbook explicitly designed to address counseling with adults who are co** with
individual, relationship, and work transitions, this volume integrates the basic tenets of adult …

Social participation is a key determinant of successful and healthy aging and therefore an
important emerging intervention goal for health professionals. Despite the interest shown in …

In this Review, we look at the relation between bereavement and physical and mental
health. Although grief is not a disease and most people adjust without professional …

For decades, scholars have wrestled with the assumption that old age is characterized by
social isolation. However, there has been no systematic, nationally representative …

Older adults have increasingly adopted Internet and social network sites (SNSs), but little
communication scholarship has explored systematic differences in access within this …

This article addresses a debate about the relationship of singlehood and informal ties—
singlehood as isolating versus integrative—and evaluates structural explanations for this …