College of Tourism, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou 362021, China.
Business School, Nanfang College, Guangzhou 510970, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 13;19(20):13174. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013174.
To expand the application area of the reference group and enrich exercise theoretical research, based on Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) framework, this study examines the external factors that motivate adherence to exercise. Taking reference group and strategy and cultural fit as the main stimuli, and personal investment and life satisfaction as mediating variables, this study explores the influence of external stimuli on residents' exercise behavior. In order to enrich the sample size, two surveys of 734 Chinese residents in two cities (Xiamen vs. Fuzhou) were conducted using factor analyses, regression analysis, and -test analysis. The results indicated that the reference group and strategic and cultural fit as external stimuli impact on residents' personal investment, life satisfaction and exercise adherence, and that personal investment and life satisfaction as the organism has an impact on residents' exercise adherence. Personal investment and life satisfaction play a chain mediating role between the reference group and exercise adherence, and between strategy and cultural fit and exercise adherence. Moreover, the -test determined the differences between Xiamen and Fuzhou residents' exercise adherence and life satisfaction. Residents' surroundings affect their exercise behavior and life satisfaction. These findings have implications for policymaking aimed at promoting national exercise, which could gradually improve residents' physical fitness, particularly in light of the current coronavirus emergency.
为了拓展参照群体的应用领域并丰富运动理论研究，本研究基于刺激-机体-反应（SOR）框架，考察了激励人们坚持锻炼的外部因素。选取参照群体和策略及文化契合作为主要刺激因素，以个人投入和生活满意度作为中介变量，探讨了外部刺激对居民锻炼行为的影响。为了丰富样本量，本研究在两个城市（厦门和福州）对 734 名中国居民进行了两次调查，采用了因子分析、回归分析和 t 检验分析。结果表明，参照群体和策略及文化契合作为外部刺激因素，对居民的个人投入、生活满意度和锻炼坚持度有影响，而个人投入和生活满意度作为机体，对居民的锻炼坚持度有影响。个人投入和生活满意度在参照群体和锻炼坚持度之间，以及在策略和文化契合与锻炼坚持度之间发挥了链式中介作用。此外，t 检验确定了厦门和福州居民锻炼坚持度和生活满意度的差异。居民的环境影响他们的锻炼行为和生活满意度。这些发现对旨在促进全国性锻炼的政策制定具有启示意义，可以逐步提高居民的身体素质，尤其是在当前新冠疫情紧急情况下。
