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Palo Alto University., Psychology.

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Maintaining Positive Health Behaviors: The Relationship Between Time Perspective and Long Term Physical Activity.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Maintaining Positive Health Behaviors: The Relationship Between Time Perspective and Long Term Physical Activity./
作者:	Nguyen, Jacqueline.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
面頁冊數:	76 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-03, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International79-03B.
標題:	Health sciences. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10187156
ISBN:	9780355126433

Maintaining Positive Health Behaviors: The Relationship Between Time Perspective and Long Term Physical Activity.
Nguyen, Jacqueline.

Maintaining Positive Health Behaviors: The Relationship Between Time Perspective and Long Term Physical Activity. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 76 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 79-03, Section: B.

Thesis (Psy.D.)--Palo Alto University, 2016.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Although the physical and mental health benefits of exercise are widely known, most Americans are not engaging in the recommended amount of weekly physical activity. Inactivity is a significant contributor to the rise in recent years of rates of chronic illnesses such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These chronic illnesses create a financial burden for individuals as well as the nation as a whole when taking into account costs of unemployment and missed work days due to health issues. Exercise is an excellent primary prevention strategy that can address these physical health issues and improve quality of life. It has even been shown to improve mood and cognitive functioning. Efforts to promote exercise are plenty, but these have demonstrated limited efficacy in actually increasing rates of engagement. Most health and exercise promotion campaigns rely on messages about the negative consequences of inactivity and the health benefits of engagement in physical activity. However, data suggest that only a portion of the population is motivated by these types of messages, and in fact the individuals most impacted by these messages are those who are already likely to be engaged in regular physical activity. This pilot study addresses this issue by viewing individuals through a time perspective lens. Time perspective is a theory of motivation that categorizes people by how they view time. Six time perspective categories have been identified by researchers: Past Negative, Present Hedonistic, Future, Past Positive, Present Fatalistic, and Transcendental Future. Research shows that individuals who score high on the Future subscale are more likely than others to be engaged in positive health behaviors like exercise. Thus, targeting these individuals using messages about the negative and positive consequences of exercise seems redundant. By surveying individuals with varying time perspective profiles, we were able to discover motivations for maintaining long-term physical activity endorsed by those not identified as likely to already be engaged in regular exercise. By identifying these motivations, we hope to provide valuable information that can be used to make health promotion campaigns more effective.

ISBN: 9780355126433Subjects--Topical Terms:

3168359
Health sciences.

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