Purposiveness and Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Women in Early Midlife

Women and Health

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 661-675

  Holahan, Carole K ^a   Holahan, Charles J ^a   Velasquez, Katherine E ^a   Jung, Sooin ^a   North, Rebecca J ^a   Pahl, Sandra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

midlife; physical activity; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXERTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857972400     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2011.617811     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Aspinwall, L. G. and Staudinger, U. M., eds. 2003. A psychology of human strengths: Fundamental questions and future directions for a positive psychology, Washington: American Psychological Association.
2. Barnett, R. C. and Hyde, J. S. 2001. Women, men, work, and family: An expansionist theory. Am Psychologist, 56: 781-96.
3. Bell, S. and Lee, C. 2005. Emerging adulthood and patterns of physical activity among young Australian women. Intl J Behavioral Med, 12: 227-35.
4. Boyle, P. A., Barnes, L. L., Buchman, A. S. and Bennett, D. A. 2009. Purpose in life is associated with mortality among community-dwelling older persons. Psychosomatic Med, 71: 574-9.
5. Brandstater, J. and Lerner, R. M., eds. 1999. Action & self-development: Theory and research through the life span., Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
6. Britton, A. M., Shipley, M., Singh Manoux, A. and Marmot, M. G. 2008. Successful aging: The contribution of early-life and midlife risk factors. J Am Geriatr Soc, 56: 1098-1105.
7. Bronk, K. C., Hill, P. L., Lapsley, D. K., Talib, T. L. and Finch, H. 2009. Purpose, hope, and life satisfaction in three age groups. J Positive Psychol, 4: 500-10.
8. CDC. 2007. Physical Activity Statistics: Definitions http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/stats/definitions.htmAccessed July 12, 2011
9. Cleary, P. D., Zaborski, L. B. and Ayanian, J. Z. 2004. "Sex differences in health over the course of midlife". In How healthy are we?, Edited by: Brim, Orville Gilbert, Ryff, Carol D. and Ronald Kessler, C. 37-63. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
10. Emmons, R. A. 1999. The psychology of ultimate concerns: Motivation and spirituality in personality, New York: Guilford Press.
11. Evenson, K. R., Wilcox, S., Pettinger, M., Brunner, R., King, A. C. and McTiernan, A. 2002. Vigorous leisure activity through women's adult life: The Women's Health Initiative Observational Cohort Study. Am J Epidemiology, 156: 945-53.
12. Fries, J. F. 2002. Successful aging-an emerging paradigm of gerontology. Clin Geriatr Med, 18: 371-82.
13. Gollwitzer, P. M. and Oettingen, G. 2011. "Planning promotes goal striving". In Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications, 2nd ed., Edited by: Kathleen Vohs, D. and Roy Baumeister, F. 162-85. New York: Guilford Press.
14. Hankonen, N., Absetz, P., Ghisletta, P., Renner, B. and Uutela, A. 2010. Gender differences in social cognitive determinants of exercise adoption. Psychol and Health, 25: 55-69.
15. Haskell, W. L., Lee, I. M., Pate, R. R., Powell, K. E., Blair, S. N.Franklin, B. A. 2007. Physical activity and public health: Updated recommendation for adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. Med & Science in Sports & Exercise,: 1423-34.
16. Hirvensalo, M., Lintunen, T. and Rananen, T. 2000. The continuity of physical activity-a retrospective and prospective study among older people. Scandinavian J Med & Science in Sports, 10: 37-41.
17. Holahan, C. K. and Suzuki, R. 2004. Adulthood predictors of health promoting behavior in later aging. Intl J Aging and Human Development, 58: 289-313.
18. Kahana, E., Kahana, B. and Zhang, J. 2005. Motivational antecedents of preventive proactivity in late life: Linking future orientation to exercise. Motivation and Emotion, 29: 443-64.
19. Keyes, C. L. M., Shmotkin, D. and Ryff, C. D. 2002. Optimizing well-being: The empirical encounter of two traditions. J Personality and Social Psychol, 82: 127-35.
20. King, A. C., Castro, C., Wilcox, S., Eyler, A. A., Sallis, J. F. and Brownson, R. C. 2000. Personal and environmental factors associated with physical inactivity among different racial-ethnic groups of U.S. middle-aged and older-aged women. Health Psychol, 19: 354-64.
21. Kirkby, R. J., Kolt, G. S., Habel, K. and Adams, J. 1999. Exercise in older women: Motives for participation. Australian Psychologist, 34: 122-7.
22. Kowal, J. and Fortier, M. S. 2007. Physical activity behavior change in middle-aged and older women: The role of barriers and of environmental characteristics. J Behav Med, 30: 233-42.
23. Krause, N. 2009. Meaning in life and mortality. The J of Gerontology: Series B: Psychl Sci and Soc Sci, 64B: 517-27.
24. Kruger, J., Ham, S. A. and Kohl, H. W. 2005. Trends in leisure-time physical inactivity by age, sex, and race/ethnicity-United States, 1994-2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 54: 991-4.
25. Malmberg, J., Miilunpalo, S., Pasanen, M., Vuori, I. and Oja, P. 2005. Characteristics of leisure time physical activity associated with risk of decline in perceived health-a 10-year follow-up of middle-aged and elderly men and women. Preventive Med, 41: 141-50.
26. Marmot, M. G. and Fuhrer, R. 2004. "Socioeconomic position and health across midlife". In How healthy are we?, Edited by: Brim, O. G., Ryff, C. D. and Kessler, R. C. 64-89. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
27. MIDMAC. 2006. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Development http://midmac.med.harvard.edu/.AccessedMay 17, 2011
28. MIDUS. 2011. Midlife in the United States: A National Study of Health & Well-Being http://www.midus.wisc.edu/midus2/Accessed May 17, 2011
29. Mokdad, A. H., Marks, J. S., Stroup, D. F. and Gerberding, J. L. 2004. Actual causes of death in the United States, (2000). JAMA, 291: 1238-45.
30. Mokdad, A. H., Marks, J. S., Stroup, D. F. and Gerberding, J. L. 2005. Correction: Actual causes of death in the United States, (2000). JAMA, 293: 293-4.
31. Montano, D. E. and Kasprzyk, D. 2008. "The theory of reasoned action, theory of planned behavior, and the integrated behavioral model". In Health behavior and health education: Theory, research, and practice, 4th ed., Edited by: Glanz, K., Rimer, B. K. and Viswanath, K. 41-4. San Francisco: JosseyBass.
32. Owens, J. F., Matthews, K. A., Raikkonen, K. and Kuller, L. H. 2003. It is never too late: Change in physical activity fosters change in cardiovascular risk factors in middle-aged women. Prev Cardiol, 6: 22-8.
33. Pinkerton, J. V. and Stovall, D. W. 2010. Reproducive aging, menopause, and health outcomes. Annals of the NY Acad of Sci, 1204: 169-78.
34. Prenda, K. M. and Lachman, M. E. 2001. Planning for the future: A life management strategy for increasing control and life satisfaction in adulthood. Psychol and Aging, 16: 206-16.
35. Prochaska, J. O., Redding, C. A. and Evers, K. E. 2008. "The transtheoretical model and stages of change". In Health behavior and health education: Theory, research, and practice, 4th ed., Edited by: Glanz, K., Rimer, B. K. and Viswanath, K. 97-121. San Francisco: JosseyBass.
36. Renner, B. and Schwarzer, R. 2003. "Social-cognitive factors in health behavior change". In Social psychological foundations of health and illness, Edited by: Suls, J. and Wallston, K. A. 169-96. Maldon: Blackwell Publishing.
37. Rimer, B. K. 2008. "Models of individual health behavior". In Health behavior and health education: Theory, research, and practice, 4th ed., Edited by: Glanz, K., Rimer, B. K. and Viswanath, K. 41-4. San Francisco: JosseyBass.
38. Ryff, C. D. 1989. Happiness is everything, or is it? Explorations on the meaning of psychological well-being. J Personality and Social Psychol, 57: 1069-81.
39. Ryff, C., Almeida, D. M., Ayanian, J. S., Carr, D. S., Cleary, P. D.Coe, C. 2006. MIDLIFE DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES (MIDUS2), 2004-2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR04652-v1, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, Survey Center [producer]. (2006). Ann Arbor: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-03-22
40. Ryff, C. D., Keyes, C. L. M. and Hughes, D. L. 2004. "Psychological Well-Being in MIDUS: Profiles of Ethnic/Racial Diversity and life-course uniformity". In How healthy are we?, Edited by: Brim, O. G., Ryff, C. D. and Kessler, R. C. 398-422. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
41. Ryff, C. D. and Singer, B. 1998. The contours of positive human health. Psychological Inquiry, 9: 1-28.
42. Scheier, M. F., Wrosch, C., Baum, A., Cohen, S., Matire, L. M.Mattthews, K. A. 2006. The life engagement test: Assessing purpose in life. J Behavioral Med, 29: 291-8.
43. Schroeder, S. A. 2007. We can do better-improving the health of the American people. New England J Med, 357: 1221-8.
44. Segar, M. L., Eccles, J. S. and Richardson, C. R. 2008. Type of physical activity goal influences participation in healthy midlife women. Wom Health Issues, 18: 281-91.
45. Simon, R. W. 1997. The meanings individuals attach to role identities and their implications for mental health. J of Health and Soc Behavior, 38: 256-74.
46. Snyder, C. R. and Lopez, S. J., eds. 2002. Handbook of positive psychology, New York: Oxford University Press.
47. Taylor, S. E. and Sherman, D. K. 2004. "Positive psychology and health psychology: A fruitful liaison". In Positive psychology in practice, Edited by: Linley, P. A. and Joseph, S. 305-19. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.
48. Trzesniewski, K. H., Donnellan, M. B. and Lucas, R. E. 2011. Secondary data analysis: An introduction for psychologists., Washington: American Psychological Association.
49. USDHHS. 2011. Healthy people 2020: Physical activity http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/overview.aspx?topicid=33Accessed July 14,2011
50. Vrazel, J., Saunders, R. P. and Wilcox, S. 2008. An overview and proposed framework of social-environmental influences on the physical activity behavior of women. Am J of Health Promo, 23: 2-12.
51. Whaley, D. 2003. Future-oriented self-perceptions and exercise behavior in middle-aged women. J Aging & Physical Activity, 11: 1-17.
52. Wilcox, S., Castro, C., King, A. C., Housemann, R. and Brownson, R. C. 2000. Determinants of leisure time physical activity in rural compared with urban older and ethnically diverse women in the United States. J Epidemiology and Commun Health, 54: 667-72.
53. Wood, A. and Joseph, S. 2010. The absence of positive psychological (eudemonic) well-being as a risk factor for depression: A ten year cohort study. J Affective Disorders, 122: 213-7.
54. Wray, S. 2007. Health, exercise, and well-being: The experiences of midlife women from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Soc Theory & Health, 5: 126-44.