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- Title
COMPARISON OF MOTIVATION, SELF-ESTEEM AND BODY IMAGE OF ELDERLY FEMALES PRACTICING WATER AEROBICS.
- Authors
de Oliveira, Daniel Vicentini; Jordão, Adrieli Camila; Franco, Maura Fernandes; Batista, Roseana Pacheco Reis; Júnior, José Roberto Andrade do Nascimento; Bertolini, Sônia Maria Marques Gomes
- Abstract
This study aimed to compare self-esteem, self-image and motivation to practice water aerobics according to the health conditions of 70 elderly women from Maringá are compared. Current cross-sectional study used a sociodemographic and health questionnaire, the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, the Nine-silhouette scale and the Exercise Motivation Inventory-2. Data analysis was conducted by Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Mann-Whitney "U" tests (p<0.05). Older women with good health perception had higher self-esteem than those with average health perception (p=0.019). Elderly females who intake up to two drugs had a higher self-esteem score than elderly ones who intake more than two drugs (p=0.042). Elderly females with a history of falls had a higher score on all motivating factors, lower self-esteem score and higher body dissatisfaction than others without a history of falls (p<0.05). Elderly women who practice water aerobics less often per week are more motivated by disease prevention (p=0.004) and recreation (p=0.003). Results show that the perception of health, the use of medicines, a history of falls and the frequency of water aerobics practice affect the motives that lead elderly females to practice water aerobics.
- Subjects
MOTIVATION (Psychology); SELF-esteem; BODY image
- Publication
Saúde e Pesquisa, 2020, Vol 13, Issue 4, p733
- ISSN
1983-1870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17765/2176-9206.2020v13n4p733-741