Social Influences on Physical Activity in Older Adults: A Review

Chogahara, Makoto; Cousins, Sandra O’Brien; Wankel, Leonard M.

doi:10.1123/japa.6.1.1

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“…These include, but are not limited to, gender, age, health status, level of education, attitudes, motivation, intentions, self-efficacy, perceived exercise benefits and barriers, and social support (from friends/peers, spouse/family). These individual-level characteristics have been well documented and are modest but consistent correlates of physical activity in the adult population (Bauman, Sallis, Dzewaltowski, & Owen, 2002;Chogahara, O'Brien Cousins, & Wankel, 1998;Dishman, 1988Dishman, , 1994Dishman & Sallis, 1994;McAuley & Katula, 1998;Sallis & Owen, 1999;Shephard, 1994;Trost, Owen, Bauman, Sallis, & Brown, 2002;USDHHS, 1996).…”

Section: Research On Physical Activitymentioning

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Neighborhood Influences on Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Multilevel Perspective

Li¹,

Fisher²,

Bauman³

et al. 2005

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

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Over the past few years, attention has been drawn to the importance of neighborhood influences on physical activity behavior and the need to consider a multilevel analysis involving not only individual-level variables but also socialand physical-environment variables at the neighborhood level in explaining individual differences in physical activity outcomes. This new paradigm raises a series of issues concerning systems of influence observed at different hierarchical levels (e.g., individuals, neighborhoods) and variables that can be defined at each level. This article reviews research literature and discusses substantive, operational, and statistical issues in studies involving multilevel influences on middle-aged and older adults' physical activity. To encourage multilevel research, the authors propose a model that focuses attention on multiple levels of influence and the interaction among variables characterizing individuals, among variables characterizing neighborhoods, and across both levels. They conclude that a multilevel perspective is needed to increase understanding of the multiple influences on physical activity.

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Section: Research On Physical Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Neighborhood Influences on Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Multilevel Perspective

Li¹,

Fisher²,

Bauman³

et al. 2005

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

119

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“…Human some support for the predictions made by HBC theories, including the role of positive attitudes to exercise (Rhodes, et al, 1999), and of social support (Chogahara et al, 1998).…”

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Encouraging Exercise Participation amongst UK South Asians

King

Little²

2017

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Regular physical activity(PA) is recognised as playing a key role in promoting good health and tackling obesity. In many parts of the world there are concerns that people do not undertake sufficient PA, and that this problem is often worse for certain groups in the population. Low levels of PA amongst South Asian (SA) adults in the United Kingdom concern health policy makers and professionals because of the higher incidence of heart disease in this group than in the general population. Interventions have helped increase PA levels in white populations but have shown little success in engaging SA adults. One explanation is that interventions emphasise individual responsibility for health and pay relatively less attention to socio-cultural constraints on behaviour. Using qualitative, semi-structured interviews, we investigated influences on PA amongst 13 SA adults (aged 23-70) living in Halifax, Yorkshire, UK. The setting for our study was the participants' community gym. A key aim was to identify characteristics of the gym that influenced usage by the local SA population. We found the gym had successfully engaged SA adults in a programme of regular PA, and that a sense of its "embeddedness" in the local community was crucial to this. Implications for practice and research in health promotion and obesity prevention are discussed. ＜Key-words＞physical activity, health-related exercise, ethnic minority, qualitative, support for exercise n.king@hud.ac.uk (Nigel KING; UK) Asian J Human Services, 2017, 12:46-59.

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“…Ello vendría a coincidir con los hallazgos del estudio especifico de Chogahara y Yamaguchi (1998) sobre resocialización y actividad física en una muestra de japoneses mayores activos. La importancia del Apoyo Social en la realización de actividad física entre las personas mayores y de la información y el conocimiento de la oferta de actividades físicas para mayores también ha sido mostrada en otros estudios (Chogahara, Cousins y Wankel, 1998).…”

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Conditions of life, socialization and physical activity in the oldness

Castillo¹,

Navarro²,

Graupera³

et al. 2006

Rev. int. sociol.

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RESUMENEl presente artículo aborda las relaciones entre las condiciones de vida y los procesos de socialización con la práctica de actividad física en la vejez. Tras efectuar una revisión de la literatura sobre la Socialización y las condiciones de vida en las Teorías Sociales Modernas y sobre las investigaciones específicas en Socialización y Actividad Física, se muestra el diseño metodológico de la encuesta efectuada. En el tercer y cuarto apartado se exponen y discuten los resultados obtenidos, que parecen indicar la existencia de relaciones significativas entre las condiciones de vida, los procesos de socialización y la actividad física de las personas mayores estudiadas. PALABRAS CLAVE ADICIONALESSocialización, Vejez, Actividad física. ABSTRACTThe present article approaches the relations between the conditions of life and the processes of socialization with the practice of physical activity in the oldness. After checking the literature on the Socialization and the conditions of life in the Social Modern Theories and of the specific investigations in Socialization and Physical Activity, there appears the methodological design of the effected survey. In the third and fourth paragraph there are exposed and discuss the obtained results, which seem to indicate the existence of significant relations between the conditions of life, the processes of socialization and the physical activity of the older studied ADDITIONAL KEYWORDSSocialization, Oldness, Physical activity.

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Social Influences on Physical Activity in Older Adults: A Review

Cited by 90 publications

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Neighborhood Influences on Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Multilevel Perspective

Neighborhood Influences on Physical Activity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Multilevel Perspective

Encouraging Exercise Participation amongst UK South Asians

Conditions of life, socialization and physical activity in the oldness

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