Chatfield Sheryl L
University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA
Qual Health Res. 2015 Jul;25(7):966-73. doi: 10.1177/1049732314554095. Epub 2014 Oct 7.
Most adults in developed countries fail to accrue enough regular physical activity to prevent or decrease the impact of chronic diseases associated with aging. I conducted semistructured interviews with 16 purposely selected older adults ranging in age from 53 to 70 years to explore the practices of successful lifelong adherents to physical activity. I used an interpretive descriptive approach to data analysis. My findings suggest that both social and competitive motivations were important during early adulthood, although for many participants the latter were more likely to endure over time. Based on these findings, I recommend that programmers be aware of the potential for older participants to be less fulfilled by social motivations as they become more experienced exercisers.
发达国家的大多数成年人未能积累足够的定期体育活动，以预防或减轻与衰老相关的慢性病的影响。我对16名年龄在53岁至70岁之间的老年人进行了半结构化访谈，这些老年人是经过特意挑选的，目的是探究成功坚持终身体育活动者的做法。我采用解释性描述方法进行数据分析。我的研究结果表明，社交动机和竞争动机在成年早期都很重要，不过对许多参与者而言，随着时间推移，后者更有可能持续存在。基于这些研究结果，我建议项目规划者应意识到，随着老年参与者锻炼经验的增加，社交动机可能无法让他们获得同等程度的满足感。
