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| Exploring motivation for exercise and its relationship with health-related quality of life in adults aged 70 years and older | | Author(s) | Claude Ferrand, Guillaume Martinent, Marc Bonnefoy |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 34, no 3, March 2014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, March 2014 |
| Pages | pp 411-427 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Health [elderly] ; Attitude ; Quality of life ; Over 70s ; Variance analysis ; France. |
| Annotation | The health benefits of regular exercise participation have been widely acknowledged. The authors draw on self-determination theory to identify the motivational profiles for exercise among older adults aged 70+ who regularly participated in sporting programmes, and to relate these motivational profiles to health-related quality of life measures (HRQoL). A random sample of 100 older adults (mean age = 75.34, standard deviation = 4.89; 57 women and 43 men) belonging to French sports clubs was recruited for the study. Participants completed a survey including measures of motivation and health-related quality of life, and socio-demographic and health variables. Cluster analyses revealed two distinct motivational profiles among participants: 'highly self-determined' (high levels of self-determined motivation and introjected regulation as well as low levels of external regulation and amotivation), and 'moderately introjected' (low levels of self-determined motivation, moderate level of introjected regulation and low levels of external regulation and amotivation). Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) results revealed that the most self-determined group reported significantly higher values in four domains of HRQoL, namely role limitations due to physical health, bodily pain, social functioning, and role limitations due to emotional health (p = 0.01). These data suggest the importance of taking into account the motivational perspective and considering exercise maintenance among older adults as an important public health challenge. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150514010 A |
| Classmark | CEA: CC: DP: F:59: BBK: 3YA: 765 |
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