Park Chae-Hee, Elavsky Steriani, Koo Kyo-Man
Department of Sport and Healthy Aging, Korea National Sport University, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Kinesiology, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA.
J Exerc Rehabil. 2014 Feb 28;10(1):45-52. doi: 10.12965/jer.140089. eCollection 2014 Feb.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which Korean seniors report employing different motivational and social cognitive strategies related to physical activity, and to evaluate which motivational and social cognitive strategies were related to physical activity, and which motivational and social cognitive strategies differentiate between high active and low-active Korean seniors. Community-dwelling older adults (N = 187) participated in the study and completed questionnaires assessing self-reported physical activity and a range of motivational and social cognitive variables. The results showed that physical activity was predicted by quality goal-setting practices, self-efficacy, social support from family and physical activity self-regulation subscales of social support and exercise planning and scheduling. Between the groups of highly physically active and low-active participants, we observed differences in satisfaction with life, self-efficacy, quality goal-setting practices, and self-regulatory strategies related to self-monitoring, goal-setting, social support and time management. In conclusion, these findings indicate that physical activity promotion efforts among Korean older adults should focus on enhancing self-efficacy, social support, and self-regulation skills.
本研究的目的是调查韩国老年人在多大程度上报告采用了与体育活动相关的不同动机和社会认知策略，评估哪些动机和社会认知策略与体育活动相关，以及哪些动机和社会认知策略能够区分高活动水平和低活动水平的韩国老年人。居住在社区的老年人（N = 187）参与了该研究，并完成了评估自我报告的体育活动以及一系列动机和社会认知变量的问卷。结果表明，体育活动可由高质量的目标设定实践、自我效能感、来自家庭的社会支持以及社会支持的体育活动自我调节子量表和锻炼计划与安排来预测。在高体育活动水平和低体育活动水平的参与者组之间，我们观察到在生活满意度、自我效能感、高质量目标设定实践以及与自我监测、目标设定、社会支持和时间管理相关的自我调节策略方面存在差异。总之，这些发现表明，韩国老年人的体育活动促进工作应侧重于提高自我效能感、社会支持和自我调节技能。
