The degree to which individuals engage in leisure activities has been shown to predict well-being in older adults, but it is not known whether such activities may help older adults maintain purposefulness into retirement. The current study sought to address whether activity engagement is associated with purpose in life and whether this association differs based on retirement status. We used data from three waves of the Health and Retirement Study between 2008 and 2016. Multilevel growth models accounted for both within- and between-person effects of leisure activity participation and retirement status on change in sense of purpose in life. Participants reported higher sense of purpose on occasions when they engaged more in leisure activities, and more active participants exhibited less decline in purpose over time. Retired individuals showed steeper declines in sense of purpose, but this effect was mitigated among participants reporting greater activity engagement. Leisure activity participation may help to support sense of purpose in life, particularly among retired individuals. These findings underscore the potential for leisure activity interventions to help older adults compensate for loss of work-related roles and maintain purposefulness into retirement. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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积极活动是否意味着在成年后有目的性？检查退休的调节作用。

已显示个人从事休闲活动的程度可以预测老年人的健康状况，但尚不清楚此类活动是否有助于老年人保持有目的的退休生活。当前的研究试图解决活动参与是否与人生目标相关联，以及这种关联是否因退休状态而异。我们使用了2008年至2016年三波健康与退休研究浪潮中的数据。多级增长模型说明了休闲活动参与和退休状态对生活目的感变化的人际和人际影响。参与者在进行更多休闲活动时会表现出较高的目的感，而随着时间的推移，活跃的参与者表现出的目的性下降较小。退休人员的目的感下降得更厉害，但是在报告了更多活动参与的参与者中，这种影响有所减轻。参加休闲活动可能有助于提高生活的目的感，特别是在退休人员中。这些发现强调了休闲活动干预的潜力，以帮助老年人补偿与工作有关的角色丧失，并保持退休的目的性。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。这些发现强调了休闲活动干预的潜力，以帮助老年人补偿与工作有关的角色丧失，并保持退休的目的性。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。这些发现强调了休闲活动干预的潜力，以帮助老年人补偿与工作有关的角色丧失，并保持退休的目的性。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。