Health Benefits of Engaging In Meaningful Activity

Proof that doing things that matter to you helps you stay healthy.

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community 2000

Source: Robert D. Putnam

A Reliability and Validity Study of the Meaningful Activity Participation Assessment 2007

Source: Researchgate.net

The Meaningful Activity Participation Assessment: A Measure of Engagement in Personally Valued Activities 2010

Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine (originally published in International Journal of Aging and Human Development)

Feeling How Old I Am: Subjective Age Is Associated With Estimated Brain Age 2018

Source: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Life Course Trajectories of Later-Life Cognitive Functions: Does Social Engagement in Old Age Matter? 2017

Source: International Journal of Environmental and Public Health

How Can We Not ‘Lose It’ if We Still Don’t Understand How to ‘Use It’? Unanswered Questions about the Influence of Activity Participation on Cognitive Performance in Older Age – A Mini-Review 2009

Source: karger.com (Originally published in Gerontology)

Civic Engagement as a Retirement Role for Aging Americans 2008

Source: The Gerontologist

Satisfaction and Engagement in Retirement 2005

Source: The Urban Institute (The Retirement Project–Perspectives of Productive Aging)