Japanese Journal of Health Promotion
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Longitudinal associations of diversity of exercising with others with maintenance of exercise behavior and social support among older adults
Koji OTA Kazuhiro HARADA
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Article ID: 20240318_1

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BACKGROUND:Because exercising with others has diverse aspects, its influences on maintenance of exercise behavior would be diverse. OBJECTIVE:This study examined whether the influence of exercising with others on maintenance of exercise behavior and social support among old adults were different by its four aspects: exercise consistency, enjoyment of conversation, membership in exercise organization, and types of exercise partner. METHODS:A web-based two-wave survey with one-year interval was conducted with older adults registered with a survey company. Among the respondents, this study targeted 71 individuals who exercised with others at wave 1. Their data of exercise consistency(no, yes), enjoyment of conversation(4-point Likert scale), membership in exercise organization(no, yes), and types of exercise partner(family, friends, both family and friends)at wave 1 and changes in social support and exercise time from wave 1 to wave 2 were analyzed. RESULTS:Multiple regression analyses showed that exercise consistency(social support(standardized coefficient[p-value]), -0.12[0.328]; exercise time, 0.08[0.528]), enjoyment of conversation(social support, -0.07[0.605]; exercise time, -0.11[0.418]), membership in exercise organization(social support, 0.12[0.325]; exercise time, -0.11[0.372]), and types of exercise partner(social support, 0.10 to 0.18[0.160 to 0.417]; exercise time, -0.07 to -0.03[0.615 to 0.830])did not significantly predict changes in social support and exercise time. CONCLUSION:The influence of exercising with others on maintenance of exercise behavior and social support were not different by exercise consistency, enjoyment of conversation, membership in exercise organization, and types of exercise partner.

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