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The Family Life Education Needs of Midlife and Older Adults *
Author(s) -
Ballard Sharon M.,
Morris Michael Lane
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00129.x
Subject(s) - gerontology , psychology , perspective (graphical) , life course approach , medicine , developmental psychology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Using a life course perspective, we report the findings from a needs assessment for midlife and older adults regarding family life education. A sample of 264 adults aged 50 and older indicated interest in 29 family life education topics. The highest rated topics were nutrition and health, fitness and exercise, and positive aspects of aging. Overall, results from age and gender comparisons suggested that midlife adults (50–64) were more interested in family life education topics than were older adults (65+) and that women were more interested than men.