Motives for leisure-time physical activity participation: an analysis of their prevalence, consistency and associations with activity type and social background.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies argue that knowledge about motives for physical activity participation can inform activities, initiatives and interventions to promote physical activity. However, most of these studies are based on small sample sizes and only include participants within a few selected types of PA. Further, they have not examined the consistency of individuals' motives across different activity types. As a result, this article examines RQ1: the most prevalent motives, RQ2: the association of motives with activity type and social background characteristics, and RQ3: the consistency of motives across different activity types.

Methods

We utilised data from a survey of physical activity participation among 163,000 adult Danes (aged 15 + years). In the survey, the participants w

SUBMITTER: Elmose-Osterlund K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10693154 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature