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dc.contributor.authorKilfeather, Karen.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-09T18:49:56Z
dc.date.available2009-07-09T18:49:56Z
dc.date.issued1999-07-09T18:49:56Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/2176
dc.description.abstractThis research identified and examined the responses of 19 physically active seniors to determine why they were physically active. The participants were physically active seniors, from the Niagara region who participated in physical activity 2, or more times per week. The purpose to this research was to determine what specific experiences or characteristics those seniors' possessed which motivated them to follow an exercise regime in later life. Three focus group interviews were conducted and participants responded to a set of predetermined questions. Responses to the interview questions were transcribed and analysed by comparing words and participant responses. This method of analysis is known as ethnographic summary. Themes, concepts, and experiences that emerged from the focus group interviews were also recorded according to systematic coding by way of content analysis. From this study, factors that predispose, enable, reinforce and prevent seniors from participating in exercise have been identified. Nine recommendations for improving seniors quality of life have also emerged from the study. Additionally, the findings from the study illustrate that those responsible for planning programs for seniors need to consider senior's wants and needs. Finally, the study also has educational implications. All participants in the study experienced a positive introduction to daily phyiscal activity through their school setting. Participants of the study believed, that their positive experiences at school, directly influenced their lifelong involvement in exercise.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectExercise for old people--Canada.en_US
dc.subjectHealth behavior--Age factors--Canada.en_US
dc.titleThe origins of exercise adherence in the Canadian seniors populationen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameMaster of Educationen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Educationen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Educationen_US
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