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      Longitudinal Associations Between Short-Term, Repeated, and Sustained Arts Engagement and Well-Being Outcomes in Older Adults

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          Abstract

          Objectives

          This study investigated whether frequency of receptive arts engagement over 10 years contributes to experienced, evaluative, and eudaimonic well-being in older adults.

          Methods

          We 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.

          Results

          In 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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                Author and article information

                Journal
                The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
                Oxford University Press (OUP)
                1079-5014
                1758-5368
                June 11 2019
                June 11 2019
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Centre for Performance Science, Royal College of Music, London
                [2 ]Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
                [3 ]Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, UK
                Article
                10.1093/geronb/gbz085
                572af8d1-b48c-4d22-9b12-8b2e6d7057a5
                © 2019

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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