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dc.contributor.authorGeard, D.
dc.contributor.authorReaburn, P.
dc.contributor.authorRebar, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorDionigi, R.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-13T09:09:13Z
dc.date.available2018-12-13T09:09:13Z
dc.date.created2018-12-12T02:46:53Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationGeard, D. and Reaburn, P. and Rebar, A. and Dionigi, R. 2017. Masters athletes: Exemplars of successful aging?. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 25 (3): pp. 490-500.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71194
dc.identifier.doi10.1123/japa.2016-0050
dc.description.abstract

© 2017 Human Kinetics, Inc. Global population aging has raised academic interest in successful aging to a public policy priority. Currently there is no consensus regarding the definition of successful aging. However, a synthesis of research shows successful aging can be defined as a late-life process of change characterized by high physical, psychological, cognitive, and social functioning. Masters athletes systematically train for, and compete in, organized forms of team and individual sport specifically designed for older adults. Masters athletes are often proposed as exemplars of successful aging. However, their aging status has never been examined using a comprehensive multidimensional successful aging definition. Here, we examine the successful aging literature, propose a successful aging definition based on this literature, present evidence which suggests masters athletes could be considered exemplars of successful aging according to the proposed definition, and list future experimental research directions.

dc.publisherHuman Kinetics Inc
dc.titleMasters athletes: Exemplars of successful aging?
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume25
dcterms.source.number3
dcterms.source.startPage490
dcterms.source.endPage500
dcterms.source.issn1063-8652
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Aging and Physical Activity
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology
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