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Direct linkDixon, Andrea L. – ADULTSPAN Journal, 2007
The relationships among mattering, purpose in life, depression, and wellness among older adults were explored. Mattering, purpose in life, and depression accounted for 78% of the wellness variance. Older adults perceived that they mattered most to their children and friends. The importance of mattering when counseling older adults is discussed.…
Descriptors: Wellness, Older Adults, Depression (Psychology), Evaluation
Peer reviewedLeitner, Michael J.; Leitner, Sara F. – British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2005
If leisure is defined as free or unobligated time, then leisure is clearly the category of time expenditure that has the greatest potential for making people healthy and happy but it also has the greatest potential for creating problems. Therefore, educating and counselling people on how to make best use of their free time can have a great impact…
Descriptors: Therapy, Leisure Time, Leisure Education, Well Being
