Saajanaho, Milla, Viljanen, Anne, Read, Sanna 
ORCID: 0000-0002-5532-8746, Rantakokko, Merja, Tsai, Li-Tang, Kaprio, Jaakko, Jylhä, Marja and Rantanen, Taina
(2014)
Older women’s personal goals and exercise activity: an 8-Year follow-up.
Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 22 (3).
pp. 386-392.
ISSN 1063-8652
Abstract
This study investigated the associations of personal goals with exercise activity, as well as the relationships between exercise-related and other personal goals, among older women. Both cross-sectional and longitudinal designs were used with a sample of 308 women ages 66–79 at baseline. Women who reported exercise-related personal goals were 4 times as likely to report high exercise activity at baseline than those who did not report exercise-related goals. Longitudinal results were parallel. Goals related to cultural activities, as well as to busying oneself around the home, coincided with exercise-related goals, whereas goals related to own and other people’s health and independent living lowered the odds of having exercise-related goals. Helping older adults to set realistic exercise-related goals that are compatible with their other life goals may yield an increase in their exercise activity, but this should be evaluated in a controlled trial.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://journals.humankinetics.com/journal/japa |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 Human Kinetics Publishers |
| Divisions: | Care Policy and Evaluation Centre |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2017 11:48 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2025 08:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/85672 |
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