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Differential Patterns in Motivations for Practicing Sport and Their Effects on ...
Nascimento, Marcelo de Maio; Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio; Gouveia, Bruna R.; Marques, Adilson; França, Cíntia; Campos, Pedro Filipe Pereira; Martins, FranciscoThis study aims to report what motivates individuals to be physically active, to determine whether motivating factors influence physical activity (PA) levels, and whether this differs across the lifespan. This is a cross-sectional study with 498 individuals: 117 adolescents, 306 adults, and 75 older adults. PA was assessed using Baecke’s questionnaire, and motivating factors for practicing sports were investiga...
Differential patterns in motivations for practicing sport and their effects on ...
de Maio Nascimento, Marcelo; Gouveia, Elvio; Gouveia, Bruna; Marques, Adilson; França, Cíntia; Campos, Pedro; Martins, Francisco; García-Mayor, JesúsThis study aims to report what motivates individuals to be physically active, to determine whether motivating factors influence physical activity (PA) levels, and whether this differs across the lifespan. This is a cross-sectional study with 498 individuals: 117 adolescents, 306 adults, and 75 older adults. PA was assessed using Baecke's questionnaire, and motivating factors for practicing sports were investiga...
Exploring the Role of Physical Activity in Mediating the Association between Ed...
García-Mayor, Jesús; Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio; Marques, Adilson; De la Cruz-Sánchez, Ernesto; Moreno-Llamas, Antonio; França, Cíntia; Gouveia, Bruna R.People more socioeconomically vulnerable tend to have a poorer health related quality of life (HRQoL). Studies are trying to analyse the factors that may condition this relationship, including physical activity (PA), which may influence the relationship between socioe conomic status (SES) and HRQoL. This study aimed to analyse the relationship between SES and HRQoL through specific domains of PA. Methods: A tot...
The Mediating Role of Physical Activity and Physical Function in the Associatio...
Nascimento, Marcelo de Maio; Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio; Gouveia, Bruna R.; Marques, Adilson; Campos, Pedro; García-Mayor, Jesús; Przednowek, KrzysztofThis study aimed (1) to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI), physical activity (PA), and physical function (PF) with health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and (2) to examine in-depth whether PA and PF mediate the relationship between BMI and HRQoL in older adults. We investigated 802 individuals (mean age 69.8 ± 5.6 years), residents of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal. Harmol ...