The relationships of exercise participation, perceived benefits and well-being of the elderly.

• Main Authors: Yi-Ju Lee, 李易儒
• Other Authors: Wei-Li Hung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72526952433233526560

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 觀光事業研究所 === 95 === Because of the medical advances, along with increased affluence and improve-ment in public health, safety, the average of life expectancy is increasing constantly. In addition, the dramatic fall of birth rate has also caused Taiwan becoming an aging society. Research indicates that the elderly is likely to have lower life satisfaction, and this can be improved by the participation of physical exercise. The objective of this study was to identify the sense of well-being and perceived benefits among eld-erly and relationships of physical exercise, including exercise intensity and frequency, exercise benefits and well-being. Quota sampling was chosen to select the respon-dents. The survey was conducted in a number of parks in Taipei from February to April 2007. People who aged over 60 were interviewed with questionnaire. A total of 400 valid questionnaires were collected. The results show that emotional reaction was perceived by the respondents as the highest factor in terms of the sense of well-being. There was a negative relation-ship between exercise intensity and well-being. However, exercise frequency had significant positive relationships with well-being. The results indicate that social in-teraction was perceived as the most important benefits of exercise. In addition, a low negative correlation between exercise intensity and exercise benefits was found, and exercise frequency and exercise benefits had low positive correlation. The results find that there was a high correlation between the perceived exercise benefits and the well-being. In addition, perceived benefits of exercise is not a mediator between ex-ercise participation and well-being. The study suggests that the elderly should keep doing low intensity exercise regularly, rather than doing high intensity exercise.