ABSTRACT

The consistent association between regular physical exercise and positive health outcomes presents a compelling case for investigating the differences between individuals who exercise regularly and those who do not. Based on a randomized cross-sectional survey of 1,201 households, this study adopts a psychographic framework to investigate the role of health orientation in physical exercise behavior. This study extends the concept of health orientation, operationalized as five psychographic subscales (health information orientation, preventative orientation, exercise orientation, healthy eating orientation, and health information efficacy) as well as three behavioral constructs (sedentary behavior, BMI and cigarette smoking) to understand physical exercise behavior. The results show significant differences between regular exercisers and non-exercisers, and suggest that a psychographic framework based on health orientation could offer a more holistic approach for understanding physical exercise behavior by highlighting the treatment of the whole individual. Physical exercise, as a specific health behavior, is in fact interlinked with other health behaviors through an underlying health orientation toward health issues in general.

摘要

定期体育锻炼与积极的健康结果之间的一致关联为调查经常锻炼的人和不经常锻炼的人之间的差异提供了一个令人信服的案例。基于对 1,201 户家庭的随机横断面调查，本研究采用心理学框架来调查健康取向在体育锻炼行为中的作用。本研究扩展了健康取向的概念，作为五个心理分量表（健康信息取向、预防取向、运动取向、健康饮食取向和健康信息功效）以及三个行为结构（久坐行为、BMI 和吸烟）来运作，以了解体育锻炼行为。结果显示经常锻炼者和不锻炼者之间存在显着差异，并表明基于健康取向的心理框架可以通过强调对整个个体的治疗来提供更全面的方法来理解体育锻炼行为。体育锻炼作为一种特定的健康行为，实际上通过对一般健康问题的潜在健康取向与其他健康行为相互关联。