Program in Management, Dayeh University, Changhua 51591, Taiwan.
College of Music and Movie, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Sep 12;16(18):3387. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16183387.
Theoretical explanation concerning the psychological well-being of elderly adults as they participate in a particular leisure activity has been rare. Based on the theory of planned behavior and the technology acceptance model, this study sought to understand the Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) participation influence factors, process, and psychological well-being of Chinese people. A self-developed questionnaire was developed to test the hypotheses of this study. Applying structural equation models, a survey of 769 TCC participations were used to test the theoretical model. The results indicated that perceived usefulness significantly and positively affect respondent attitude, family members' influences significantly and positively affect participants' subjective norm, and resource facilitating conditions significantly and positively affect perceived behavioral control. Perceived behavioral control, attitude, and subjective norm significantly and positively affect TCC participants. The study lends support to the notion that leisure activity participation is vital for elderly adults and their well-being, and it develops a theoretical reference model for better understanding the leisure participation perceptual reasoning processes of elderly adults. Furthermore, the results offer important implications for health policy makers, clinical prevention, and interventions using participation behavior relationships to develop well-constructed leisure programs to attract and inspire participation and, hence, improve the psychological well-being of elderly adults.
关于老年人参与特定休闲活动时的心理健康的理论解释很少。本研究基于计划行为理论和技术接受模型，旨在了解中国太极拳（TCC）参与的影响因素、过程和心理健康。本研究采用自设问卷，通过结构方程模型，对 769 名 TCC 参与者进行了调查，以检验理论模型。结果表明，感知有用性对被调查者态度有显著正向影响，家庭成员的影响对参与者的主观规范有显著正向影响，资源促进条件对感知行为控制有显著正向影响。感知行为控制、态度和主观规范对 TCC 参与者有显著正向影响。本研究支持这样一种观点，即休闲活动参与对老年人及其幸福感至关重要，并为更好地理解老年人休闲参与的感知推理过程提供了理论参考模型。此外，研究结果为卫生政策制定者、临床预防和干预措施提供了重要启示，可利用参与行为关系制定结构良好的休闲计划，吸引和激发参与，从而提高老年人的心理健康。
