著者

常行 泰子 谷 めぐみ 山口 泰雄

出版者

Japan Society of Sports Industry

雑誌

スポーツ産業学研究 (ISSN:13430688)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.25, no.1, pp.1_75-1_88, 2015 (Released:2015-05-27)

参考文献数

39

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PURPOSE : The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing the stages of exercise behavior change in middle age, focusing on previous, social and psychological factors using qualitative methods.METHODS : Data were collected from a sample of forty people (18 men and 22 women) from 40 to 59 years old who live in Osaka and Hyogo. We conducted semi-structured interviews and fieldwork from November 2010 to September 2011. The hypothesis model, which consisted of previous, social and psychological factors influencing the stages of exercise behavior change, was verified.RESULTS : Stages of exercise behavior change in middle age were strongly influenced by human support, mainly in informal relationships such as exercise companions and family. The effect of the home was found in both the male and female samples. Work had a stronger influence on the male sample than the female sample. Some participants who practiced programs such as strength training or walking were resocialized to exercise and sports. These participants had not been satisfied with exercise and sports when they were in school, but they found satisfaction with new exercise and sports in adulthood.CONCLUSION : The socio-psychological factors in the middle age stage of life have an important meaning in resocialization to exercise and sports. Opportunities to get close to new exercise and sports are thought to be necessary for the adulthood life stage. This study suggests that a support system to continue exercise and sports based on continuous life stage connections is quite important.