Author
Tehran university
Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to analyze the theory of the influence of various stages of life on the pattern of leisure of the elderly based on the analysis of the bio-psychological model and the balancing of the mentioned pattern with the institutional-social model. The objective has been attained through the results obtained from two national researches on Iranian cultural behaviors to reflect the level of compatibility between the two models and the behaviors of the Iranians in rural and urban areas. Researchers have reflected that bio-psychological models despite criticisms made are still able to determine a pattern for the elderly especially in urban areas. However, evidence exists on challenges that the present model has encountered in certain instances
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