Effects of Attitude, Motivation, and Eagerness for Physical Activity among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Table 3
Mean and Standard Deviation of key study variables.
Males
Females
Sports
Exercise
Cultural activities
Scale
Total number (N = 840)
327 (38.9)
513 (61.1)
132 (15.7)
273 (32.5)
435 (51.8)
Males, % (N = 327)
102 (77.3)
183 (67.1)
42 (23.4)
Females, % (N = 513)
30 (22.7)
90 (32.9)
393 (76.6)
Middle age, % (35–54) 273 (32.5%)
115 (35.2)
158 (30.8)
81 (61.3)
87 (31.9)
105 (24.1)
Older adults, % (55+) 567 (67.5%)
212 (64.8)
355 (69.2)
51 (38.6)
186 (68.1)
330 (75.8)
Family and friends support, % (651; 77.5%)
253 (38.7)
399 (61.3)
99 (15.2)
210 (32.2)
342 (52.5)
Friends and family support
3.5 (1.4)
3.8 (1.8)
3.4 (1.1)
3.8 (1.0)
4.0 (0.9)
1–5
Eagerness
4.8 (1.0)
5.2 (1.0)
3.2 (0.9)a
4.8 (0.8)a
5.7 (0.9)a
1–7
Intrinsic motivation (IM)
5.2 (1.0)
5.8 (0.9)
4.4 (1.0)a
5.2 (1.1)a
6.0 (0.9)a
1–7
Identified regulation-IR
5.1 (1.0)
5.7 (1.1)
4.5 (1.0)a
5.2 (1.1)a
5.9 (0.9)a
1–7
Extrinsic motivation (EM)
4.1 (1.2)
4.4 (1.1)
4.6 (1.0)b
4.5 (1.2)a
4.2 (1.2)ab
1–7
Amotivation (AM)
2.6 (0.8)
2.4 (0.9)
3.2 (0.9)a
2.5 (1.0)a
2.1 (0.9)a
1–7
SDMI in PA
7.1 (2.9)
7.2 (2.8)
2.5 (2.3)a
6.1 (2.9)a
9.5 (1.9)a
−18-18
Total amount of PA
3.4 (2.3)
3.8 (2.5)
2.2 (1.5)a
3.6 (1.8)a
4.5 (2.2)a
1–6
SDMI = 2 × IM + IR − ER − 2 × AM; Here, a, b, and ab = homogenous subsets indicate significant differences, using one-way ANOVA test, Bonferroni post hoc test ().;;.
