Lack of Association between the Reasons for and Time Spent Doing Physical Activity
| Autor: | Pilar Aparicio-Chueca, Màrius Domínguez-Amorós |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Time Factors Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Eurobarometer 88.4 (2017) active live structuralequation modeling [ZA6939 v2.0.0] physical activity lcsh:Medicine Physical education and training Structural equation modeling Developmental psychology Freizeitforschung Freizeitsoziologie Health problems 0302 clinical medicine physical exercise Phenomenon 030212 general & internal medicine Sport education.field_of_study Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Eurobarometer health Middle Aged Europe Variable (computer science) time expenditure Leisure Research ddc:300 motivational factors Female Educació física Zeitaufwand sports Psychology Europa Sports Adult Adolescent Population Promoció de la salut Physical activity structural equation modeling Article Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Humans education Association (psychology) Exercise Social sciences sociology anthropology körperliche Bewegung Motivation Gesundheit lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030229 sport sciences Models d'equacions estructurals Health promotion Sedentary Behavior |
| Zdroj: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB Universidad de Barcelona International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 6777, p 6777 (2020) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Management and Promotion of Healthy Habits and Active Life Volume 17 Issue 18 |
| Popis: | Low levels of Physical Activity (PA) and sedentarism are associated with the onset of different pathologies and health problems. Regular physical activity has been linked with being beneficial to the health of the general population. Within this framework of analysis, the aim of the present study was to analyze the association between the time spent doing physical activity and the expressed motives for doing so, from which the innovative aspect of the paper emerges: the use of the time spent doing PA as a study variable of the phenomenon. The data analyzed come from the latest special Eurobarometer survey about the sport and physical activity done in Europe. Using an exploratory factorial analysis and a structural equations model, a six-dimensional factorial model was found that explains the reasons for doing PA, demonstrating that there is no relationship between the reasons for and time spent doing PA. The motivation is not a variable that explains the time spent doing PA, and another type of variable must be used to explain the phenomenon if PA is to be incentivized. Weaknesses of the study are that it works with individuals as a group and that the fundamental dependence on age is not introduced, which could determine interest in practicing PA. Similarly, the impact of the conditions of implementing PA, education, and family history should also be introduced into the model. |
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