An Exploration of the Activity Theory of Aging: Activity Types and Life Satisfaction Among In-movers to a Retirement Community
1972/10/01 by B. W. Lemon, Babette Lemon, Vern L. Bengtson +3 · 976 citations
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Aging and Gerontology Research #Computer science #Gerontology #Library science #Medicine #Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies #Psychology #Retirement community #Retirement, Disability, and Employment #Sociology
paper · doi:10.1093/geronj/27.4.511
published in Journal of Gerontology 27(4), 511-523 (Oxford University Press)
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Abstract
Bruce W. Lemon, M.A., Vern L. Bengtson, Ph.D., James A. Peterson, Ph.D.; An Exploration of the Activity Theory of Aging: Activity Types and Life Satisfacti
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