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On and off the mat
— yoga experiences of middle-aged and older adults | | Author(s) | Annette Wertman, Andrew V Wister, Barbara A Mitchell |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 35, no 2, June 2016 |
| Publisher | Canadian Association on Gerontology, June 2016 |
| Pages | pp 190-205 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Yoga ; Life span ; Older people ; Middle aged ; Attitude ; Comparison. |
| Annotation | This article explored potential differences in yoga practice between middle-aged and older adults. A 'health belief - life course model' framed the research, and a mixed-methods analytic strategy was employed to examine life course pathways into yoga and motivations to practice, as well as perceived barriers and health benefits. For the quantitative analyses, a convenience sample of 452 participants was collected using an online questionnaire. For the qualitative analyses, face-to-face interviews were conducted with a subset of 20 participants. Unique differences between the age groups (both current age and age when started yoga) as well as by gender were found for selected pathways, reasons/motivations and barriers to engage in yoga as well as for perceived health benefits. In addition, results underscored the importance of informational cues and social linkages that affected how individuals adopted and experienced yoga. Implications for health promotion programmes that target older adults are discussed. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160826229 A |
| Classmark | HTY: BG6: B: SE: DP: 48 |
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