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Learning as leisure among older adults: Triggers, motivations and constraints of OLLI members.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Learning as leisure among older adults: Triggers, motivations and constraints of OLLI members./
Author:	Baral, Sara M.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2014,
Description:	79 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 54-06.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International54-06(E).
Subject:	Recreation. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1592308
ISBN:	9781321871081

Learning as leisure among older adults: Triggers, motivations and constraints of OLLI members.
Baral, Sara M.

Learning as leisure among older adults: Triggers, motivations and constraints of OLLI members. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2014 - 79 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 54-06.

Thesis (M.S.)--Clemson University, 2014.

Individuals age 65 and older make up an increasingly large proportion of the population in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau, 2011). Due to retirement, this cohort experiences an increase in discretionary time to participate in old and new leisure activities (Nimrod, 2008). This study used concepts from Leisure Innovation Theory to investigate what happens when one participates in a new leisure activity. While participating in leisure activities, older adults experience a variety of motivations (e.g. Chen & Pang, 2012; Lamb & Brady, 2005) and constraints (e.g. Kleiber, McGuire, Aybar-Damali & Norman, 2008). The concepts of triggers, motivation, and constraints were studied to understand how older adults participate in leisure; particularly learning as leisure. Learning as leisure can be found in lifelong learning institutes (LLIs) (MacNeil, 1998; Lamb & Brady, 2005; Brady, Cardale & Neidy, 2013, etc.). Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is a specific type of LLI that was the setting for this study. With an email list of current and former OLLI members, an online survey was distributed looking at the previously stated concepts, demographics, and participation in OLLI. This study provided an opportunity to bridge the gap between research and practice by applying it to a real world setting. The purpose of this study was to investigate the triggers, motivations, and constraints of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute members. Findings indicated that older adults joined OLLI as a new activity due to internal triggers (e.g. to satisfy an interest about a certain topic), were motivated by cognitive interests (e.g. to learn just for the joy of learning) to continue participating, and that constraints had very little on impact their participation. The results also suggested that for the majority of participants learning as leisure, was a continuing interest that they pursued in later life through OLLI. Implications of this research can be utilized to increase membership numbers for OLLI. Future research into scale development to quantifiably measure elements of Innovation Theory is recommended.

ISBN: 9781321871081Subjects--Topical Terms:

535376
Recreation.

Learning as leisure among older adults: Triggers, motivations and constraints of OLLI members.
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