ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2020
Longitudinal Associations Between Short-Term, Repeated, and Sustained Arts Engagement and Well-Being Outcomes in Older Adults.
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- Radio relationships: Perceptions on listenership and well-being.Australasian journal on ageing · 2025Article
- Longitudinal association between creative arts participation with cognitive function in late life.International psychogeriatrics · 2025Article
- Effects of a digital visual art learning intervention in healthy older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in aging · 2025Article
- Cross sectional associations of physical activity and sleep with mental health among Chinese university students.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Does arts and cultural group participation influence subsequent well-being? A longitudinal cross-country comparison of older adults in Japan and England.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Using Digital Art and Attachment Priming in a Web-Based Serious Game to Reduce Pain and Social Disconnection in Individuals With Chronic Pain and Loneliness: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR serious games · 2024Article
- Soft skills and their relationship with life satisfaction and cognitive reserve in adulthood and older age.European journal of ageing · 2024Article
- Leisure engagement in older age is related to objective and subjective experiences of aging.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Participatory and Receptive Arts Engagement in Older Adults: Associations with Cognition Over a Seven-Year Period.Creativity research journal · 2024Article
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objectivesThis study investigated whether frequency of receptive arts engagement over 10 years contributes to experienced, evaluative, and eudaimonic well-being in older adults.
methodsWe used repeated data of 3,188 respondents from Waves 2-7 (2004/2005-2014/2015) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. We examined longitudinal associations between short-term (frequent engagement at one wave), repeated (frequent engagement at 2-3 waves), and sustained (frequent engagement at 4-6 waves) arts engagement and experienced, evaluative and eudaimonic well-being. We fitted linear and logistic regression models adjusted for baseline well-being and a number of sociodemographic, economic, health, and social engagement factors.
resultsIn the fully adjusted models, short-term engagement was not longitudinally associated with well-being, but repeated engagement with the theater/concerts/opera and museums/galleries/exhibitions was associated with enhanced eudaimonic well-being, and sustained engagement with these activities was associated with greater experienced, evaluative, and eudaimonic well-being. DISCUSSION: Long-term frequent engagement with certain arts activities is associated with higher levels of happiness, life satisfaction, self-realization, and control/autonomy in older adults. These findings suggest that policies that facilitate older adults' access to arts venues and activities, and support their continued engagement with them, may help to promote happy, fulfilling lives of an increasing segment of the population.
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