Minahan Jillian, Siedlecki Karen L
Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, USA.
J Funct Morphol Kinesiol. 2018 Jul 3;3(3):39. doi: 10.3390/jfmk3030039.
The prevalence of chronic illness among middle-aged and older adults is increasing worldwide as the population continues to age. One way to prevent the continued increase and subsequent negative outcomes of chronic illness is to increase the number of individuals who engage in exercise. Thus, it is important to examine which factors predict engagement in exercise in middle-aged and older adults. As a result, the current study examined the relationship between physical health, psychological well-being, and engagement in exercise in a sample of middle-aged and older German adults. We found that increased age was associated with less frequent engagement in exercise. We also found that physical health mediated the relationship between psychological well-being and engagement in exercise. Finally, we found that age did not moderate the relationship between subjective well-being and engagement in exercise, suggesting that the role of physical health as a mediator was similar in older adults compared to middle-aged adults. These findings have important implications for interventions seeking to promote exercise among adults.
随着全球人口持续老龄化，中老年人慢性病的患病率正在上升。预防慢性病持续增加及其后续负面结果的一种方法是增加参与锻炼的人数。因此，研究哪些因素能预测中老年人参与锻炼很重要。为此，本研究调查了德国中老年人样本中身体健康、心理健康与锻炼参与之间的关系。我们发现，年龄增长与锻炼频率降低有关。我们还发现，身体健康在心理健康与锻炼参与之间起中介作用。最后，我们发现年龄并未调节主观幸福感与锻炼参与之间的关系，这表明身体健康作为中介的作用在老年人和中年人中相似。这些发现对旨在促进成年人锻炼的干预措施具有重要意义。
