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Activity and Wellbeing

Towards an active and happy retirement? Changes in leisure activity and depressive symptoms during the retirement transition

Georg HenningGerman Centre of Gerontology, Berlin, Germany; ;Department of Psychology, & AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Andreas StenlingDepartment of Psychology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden; ;Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; View further author information
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Allison A.M. BielakDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2925-0372View further author information
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Pär BjälkebringDepartment of Psychology, & AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; ;Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; View further author information
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Alan J. GowDepartment of Psychology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-3320-4531View further author information
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Marie KiviDepartment of Psychology, & AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; View further author information
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Graciela Muniz-TerreraCentre for Dementia Prevention, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; View further author information
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Boo JohanssonDepartment of Psychology, & AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; View further author information
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Magnus LindwallDepartment of Psychology, & AgeCap, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; ;The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Pages 621-631 | Received 13 Jun 2019, Accepted 16 Dec 2019, Published online: 22 Jan 2020

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