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SIA SAVLA
PROF. HEATHER SOTTONG
ACDW101- ACADEMIC WRITING
16 OCTOBER 2021

Research Presentation
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Research Topic

Does having a life goal and practicing

hobbies help increase our lifespan?
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RESEARCH QUESTIONS

• What all affect our lifespan?

• Which ethnic race actively lives with a life goal in
mind? Do they live longer?
• Why do Asians live longer than other ethnicities?
• What is a life goal?
• How do Hobbies affect us?
• Does having a life goal change the way a person
thinks and acts?
• Have there been cases of people from different
ethnic groups having a clear life goal that helped
them live longer?
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OVERVIEW OF SOURCES

PRIMARY SOURCES

Aging with Smartphones

Ikigai in Ireland: When life
(by Francesc Miralles becomes craft.
and Hector Garcia) (by Pauline Garvey and
Daniel Miller)
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SECONDARY SOURCES
• Purpose in Life as a Predictor of Mortality Across Adulthood.
(by Patrick L. Hill and Nicholas A. Turiano)
• Reviewed Work: The Practice of Concern: Ritual, Well-Being,
and Aging in Rural Japan by John W. Traphagan (Review by:
Gordon Mathews)
• The Dilemma and Strategies of Aging among Contemporary
Japanese Women (by Takie Sugiyama Lebra)
• Relationship of Having Hobbies and a Purpose in Life With
Mortality, Activities of Daily Living, and Instrumental
Activities of Daily Living Among Community-Dwelling
Elderly Adults. (by Kimiko Tomioka, Norio Kurumatani, and
Hiroshi Hoso)
• Association Between Life Purpose and Mortality Among US
Adults Older Than 50 Years (by JAMA Network Open)
• Pinpointing the Sources of the Asian Mortality Advantage in
the United States (by Francesco Acciai)
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TENTATIVE THESIS

It is necessary to have a purpose in life and

actively participate in hobbies to live a long
and healthy life.