Meaning and Correlate Factors of Quitting-Restarting process of Exercise Habits in Japanese Children

• Project/Area Number: 22500623
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Saitama University
• Principal Investigator: TOBE Hideyuki 埼玉大学, 教育学部, 教授 (70273745)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: ヘルスプロモーション / 運動習慣 / 成長期 / 離脱 / 再開 / 体力低下

Research Abstract

In order to maintain exercise habit, it is important to repress to quit the exercise habit that had been formed once. If it was quitted, it is important to promote restarting some sort of exercise. In this study, we have examined thecorrelation between the quitting-restarting process, and the factors of quitting anexercise and the motivational factors for high and junior high school students. The results showed that the motivational factors explained the restarting after quitting exercise, on the other hand, the factors for quitting an exercise did not explain it. It indicates the intervention focusing on the motivational factors is effective in promotingrestarting some sort of exercise after quitting.