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Physical activity (PA) among middle-aged women: Initial and current influences and patterns of participation

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This study investigated the initial and current influences for doing physical activity (PA), current levels of PA participation, and future plans for it. Participants were 200 women aged 45 to 64 years old. Factor loadings of influences were explored using Principal Components Analysis. Pearson bivariate correlations, t-test, and ANOVA were used to show the differences among the influences, sociodemographic characteristics, and present/future PA participation. Personal fulfillment was the main initial influence, while health benefits/self-care, and outdoor/family activities were the most important current influences. The results highlight the factors that best explain present PA participation and also plans for activity in the future.

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Exercici, Influència social, Dones, Envelliment

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Exercise, Social influence, Women, Aging

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Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Social i Psicologia Quantitativa)

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CODINA, Núria (Codina Mata), PESTANA, José Vicente and ARMADANS TREMOLOSA, Immaculada. Physical activity (PA) among middle-aged women: Initial and current influences and patterns of participation. Journal of Women & Aging. 2013. Vol. 25, num. 3, pags. 260-272. ISSN 0895-2841. [consulted: 15 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/101509

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