Table 1.

Past hobbies and favorite activities of study participants (N=37)

Outdoor/physical activities	Playing sports (e.g., swimming, golf, baseball, basketball, horseback riding)
	Fishing/ camping/ hiking
	Traveling/ driving
	Yard work/ gardening
	Dancing/ walking
	Shopping
Arts and crafts	Sewing/ knitting/ crocheting/ clothes design/ crafts (e.g., making necklaces and headbands)
	Painting/ drawing
	Photography
	Collecting things (e.g., postcards, articles, stamps, pens, old magazines)
	Making scrapbooks
Watching, listening, and reading Games	Watching movie, star, bird, university athletics games, or TV
	Listening to Music/ playing piano
	Reading/ writing (e.g., prose and poetry)
	Playing board games, cards, chess or bridge
	Solving arithmetic problems
Service	Volunteering (e.g., helping children, serving at church for youth group) Teaching
Socialization	Hang out with friends
	Making friends from other countries via mails
Cooking	Baking/ making candies/ cooking for entertaining guests
Other	No hobbies
	Politics