2013 Volume 35 Issue 1 Pages 3-14
This study examined the relationships between social activities and the two scale scores measuring activity satisfaction for the elderly such as the Activity and Daily Life Satisfaction Scale for Elderly and Social Activities-Related Daily Life Satisfaction Scale. Data for 932 older adults aged 65 to 79 years were obtained from a mail survey in urban areas, Chiba Prefecture. The social activities was measured with reference to three domains : community based activities, contribution activities, and hobby club. The major findings of the multiple regression analyses were as follows: 1) contribution activities and hobby club were positively related to the Activity and Daily Life Satisfaction Scale for Elderly score ; 2) all social activities were positively associated with Social Activities-Related Daily Life Satisfaction Scale score; 3) among men, some social activities were not related to subscale scores of the Social Activities-Related Daily Life Satisfaction Scale. Generally, engagement in hobby club was the most effective to increase the two scale scores measuring activity satisfaction.
