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标题：Motivations and Reasons for Exercising in Water: Gender and Age Differences in a Sample of Spanish Exercisers
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作者：Moreno Murcia, Juan Antonio ; Martínez Galindo, Celestina ; Marcos Pardo, Pablo 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education
印刷版ISSN：1932-9253
出版年度：2008
卷号：2
期号：3
页码：5-15
出版社：Bowling Green State University
摘要：The purposes of this study were, on the one hand, to relate the reasons for exercising with self-determination and, on the other, to check gender and age differences with a sample of 311 exercisers in water. The data were collected using the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire–2 and Motives for Physical Activities Measure–Revised. A positive and significant correlation was seen between self-determination and the reasons for exercise, with self-determination predicting 22% by enjoyment and 8% by fitness/health reasons. Similarly, the multivariate analysis showed that the women had more self-determination than the men and that they also rated fitness/health, social, enjoyment, and appearance reasons more highly. In addition, older exercisers rated the fitness/health reason more highly than the younger people. It seems that exercising in water is more satisfying for women than for men.
关键词：self-determination; swimming; water activities; aquatic exercise; aquatic fitness