Maintaining Healthy Behavior: a Prospective Study of Psychological Well-Being and Physical Activity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although higher psychological well-being has been linked with a range of positive biological processes and health outcomes, the prospective association between psychological well-being and physical activity among older adults has been understudied.

Purpose

We tested whether higher baseline psychological well-being predicted higher levels of physical activity over time.

Methods

Prospective data were from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging, a nationally representative sample of English adults over the age of 50. Our sample included 9986 adults who were assessed up to six times across an average of 11 years.

Results

After adjusting for sociodemographic factors, each standard deviation increase in baseline psychological well-being was associated wit

SUBMITTER: Kim ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5420498 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature