Phoenix Cassandra, Orr Noreen
European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3HD, UK.
European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3HD, UK.
Soc Sci Med. 2014 Aug;115:94-102. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.013. Epub 2014 Jun 11.
Pleasure is an under-researched and under theorized concept within health and health-related areas, particularly in relation to physical activity in older age. This gap is addressed here. The paper forms part of a larger qualitative project conducted between March 2011 and July 2013 within which fifty-one physically active older adults (age sixty to ninety-two years) were interviewed about their experiences of physical activity. Twenty-seven of these participants were also involved in a photo elicitation exercise whereby they responded to photographic images of themselves doing their activity. The paper reports in-depth on one of the themes - pleasure - that was initially identified through a rigorous categorical-content analysis of this data. An original typology of pleasure for physical activity in older age is developed, which details four significant ideal types of pleasure: sensual pleasure; documented pleasure; the pleasure of habitual action; and the pleasure of immersion. The implications of this typology for debates around embodiment, affect, and narratives of ageing are discussed in relation to health promotion and future research in this underserved area.
在健康及与健康相关领域，愉悦是一个研究不足且理论阐释欠缺的概念，尤其是在老年体育活动方面。本文填补了这一空白。该论文是2011年3月至2013年7月开展的一个更大规模定性项目的一部分，在此项目中，对51名从事体育活动的老年人（年龄在60至92岁之间）进行了访谈，了解他们的体育活动经历。其中27名参与者还参与了一次照片启发式活动，即他们对自己进行活动时的照片作出回应。本文深入报道了最初通过对这些数据进行严格的分类内容分析而确定的一个主题——愉悦。文中构建了一个针对老年体育活动愉悦感的原创类型学，详细阐述了四种重要的愉悦理想类型：感官愉悦；记录的愉悦；习惯行为的愉悦；以及沉浸的愉悦。围绕体现、情感和衰老叙事的相关辩论，探讨了这一类型学在健康促进及这一未得到充分研究领域未来研究方面的意义。
