Item – Theses Canada

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OCLC number
1006909312
Author
Andrie, Heidi,1941-
Title
The role of enjoyment in exercise maintenance in community fitness programs for older adults.
Degree
M.A. -- Simon Fraser University, 1998
Publisher
Ottawa : National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, [1999]
Description
2 microfiches
Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract
This thesis investigates factors that promote or inhibit continued participation in community fitness programs for older adults. Of particular interest is the investigation of the role of enjoyment at various points in time during the process of joining and continuing an exercise program. Social cognitive theory, the theory of planned behavior, and the transtheoretical model facilitate understanding of exercise behavior among older adults. The most striking findings from this study indicate that (a) feelings of enjoyment and feelings of accomplishment while exercising are perceived as different, (b) feelings of enjoyment, feelings of energy, and physical feelings while exercising are related and are associated with exercise participation, (c) increasing levels of enjoyment with the exercise activity over time are an integral part of exercise participation, and (d) feelings of energy and physical feelings, both while exercising and for the remainder of the day after exercising, are predictors of exercise participation. Implications of this study suggest the inclusion of the concept of enjoyment when considering marketing and design strategies for exercise programs that hopefully will lead to increased levels of exercise maintenance among older adults. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
ISBN
0612374718
9780612374713