Understanding Levels and Motivation of Physical Activity for Health Promotion among Chinese Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Investigation

Table 4

Mean, standard deviation, rank, F-statistic, and effect of exercise, sports, and RCAs participants.

	Exercise participants			Sports participants			RCAs participants			Statistical results
	M	SD	Rank	M	SD	Rank	M	SD	Rank	F (df1 = 2; df2 = 630);	Effect
Affiliation	3.85	0.37	3	3.96	0.37	5	3.96	0.29	3	F = 5.689;	0.346
Appearance	3.66	0.36	14	3.81	0.41	10	3.86	0.38	10	F = 5.316;	0.054
Challenge	3.69	0.42	13	3.75	0.37	12	3.88	0.33	8	F = 1.917;	−0.030
Competition	3.77	0.40	8	3.84	0.32	9	3.90	0.38	6	F = 1.932;	0.073
Enjoyment	3.82	0.47	5	3.98	0.40	3	4.05	0.35	2	F = 8.761;	0.235
Health Pressures	3.80	0.37	6	3.88	0.32	6	3.85	0.36	11	F = 3.784;	0.034
Ill-Health Avoidance	3.76	0.47	9	3.80	0.34	11	3.87	0.47	9	F = 6.564;	0.200
Nimbleness	3.69	0.42	12	3.72	0.39	13	3.82	0.40	13	F = 1.123;	0.045
Positive Health	3.95	0.27	1	3.99	0.29	2	3.95	0.37	4	F = 4.164;	0.091
Revitalization	3.74	0.38	10	3.88	0.32	7	3.83	0.40	12	F = 1.740;	0.025
Social Recognition	3.73	0.47	11	3.67	0.41	14	3.78	0.38	14	F = 1.743;	−0.011
Strength and Endurance	3.78	0.39	7	4.10	0.39	1	3.92	0.37	5	F = 3.584;	0.097
Stress Management	3.93	0.44	2	3.85	0.40	8	4.12	0.36	1	F = 3.964;	0.143
Weight Management	3.84	0.30	4	3.97	0.32	4	3.89	0.48	7	F = 5.486;	0.183