Näytä suppeat kuvailutiedot

dc.contributor.authorKontro, Titta K.
dc.contributor.authorBondarev, Dmitriy
dc.contributor.authorPyykönen, Kukka-Maaria
dc.contributor.authorvon Bonsdorff, Mikaela
dc.contributor.authorLaakso, Lauri
dc.contributor.authorSuominen, Harri
dc.contributor.authorKorhonen, Marko T.
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-04T09:03:33Z
dc.date.available2022-11-04T09:03:33Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationKontro, T. K., Bondarev, D., Pyykönen, K.-M., von Bonsdorff, M., Laakso, L., Suominen, H., & Korhonen, M. T. (2022). Motives for competitive sports participation in masters track and field athletes : Impact of sociodemographic factors and competitive background. <i>PLoS ONE</i>, <i>17</i>(11), e0275900. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275900" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275900</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_159413781
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/83786
dc.description.abstractObjectives Masters athletes due to their lifelong engagement in sport represent a unique group to study motivation for regular physical activity, but there is less scientific data on the sport motives in masters athletes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the association of age, sex, education, nationality, competitive background and training amount with sport motives of masters track and field athletes. Methods 811 (254 women) athletes aged 35–89 years participated in European Veterans Athletics Championships in the year of 2000. Sport motives were assessed with a questionnaire and categorized into1) well-being, 2) competitive and performance 3) health and fitness motives. Results Men considered health and fitness motives more important than women (p = 0.022). Over 65-year-old athletes considered health and fitness motives more important than the youngest, 35-49-year age group (p<0.001). Education was not associated with sport motives, while motives varied significantly among different nationalities. Athletes from Nordic Countries considered well-being motives more important than Southern Europeans (p<0.001) or Western Europeans (p<0.05). Athletes from Nordic Countries (p = 0.003), Eastern Europe (p<0.001) and Central Europe (p<0.001) found health and fitness motives more meaningful than athletes from the British Isles. Furthermore, athletes with competitive background before the age of 35 and training amount more than 7.5 h a week found competitive and performance motives more important than athletes without a competitive history (p = 0.002). Conclusions These results suggest that age, sex, nationality and former athleticism are associated with sports motives among international level masters track and field athletes. It seems that while for masters athletes with competitive background performance motives dominate, for older adults, particularly for males, health and fitness motives are more important. In addition, when designing the exercise interventions for older adults, different sport motives across countries should be considered.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPLoS ONE
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.subject.othersports
dc.subject.otherEurope
dc.subject.otherphysical fitness
dc.subject.otherhuman performance
dc.subject.otherexercise
dc.subject.otherelderly
dc.subject.otherbehavioral and social aspects of health
dc.subject.otherphysical activity
dc.titleMotives for competitive sports participation in masters track and field athletes : Impact of sociodemographic factors and competitive background
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202211045089
dc.contributor.laitosLiikuntatieteellinen tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.laitosFaculty of Sport and Health Sciencesen
dc.contributor.oppiaineGerontologia ja kansanterveysfi
dc.contributor.oppiaineGerontology and Public Healthen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
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dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerangee0275900
dc.relation.issn1932-6203
dc.relation.numberinseries11
dc.relation.volume17
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2022 Kontro et al.
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.subject.ysourheilu
dc.subject.ysoterveyskäyttäytyminen
dc.subject.ysovanhukset
dc.subject.ysofyysinen aktiivisuus
dc.subject.ysoterveysliikunta
dc.subject.ysoterveys
dc.subject.ysosuorituskyky
dc.subject.ysofyysinen kunto
dc.subject.ysoliikunta
dc.format.contentfulltext
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dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0275900
jyx.fundinginformationThe study was funded by University of Jyväskylä and by grants from the Finnish Ministry of Education, and Sports Institute Foundation.
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