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  • 标题:Impact of the Basic Psychological Needs in Subjective Happiness, Subjective Vitality and Physical Activity in an Elderly Portuguese Population
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  • 作者:Nuno Couto ; Raul Antunes ; Diogo Monteiro
  • 期刊名称:Motricidade
  • 印刷版ISSN:1646-107X
  • 电子版ISSN:2182-2972
  • 出版年度:2017
  • 卷号:13
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:58-70
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Desafio Singular - Unipessoal, Lda
  • 其他摘要:The goal of this work is to analyze the impact of elderly Portuguese individuals’ global perception of satisfying basic psychological needs in the areas of subjective happiness, subjective vitality and physical activity through a structural equations model. The way of well-being differs according to the amount of physical activity practiced in Portuguese elderly was also analyzed. Participants included 309 elderly people (242 females, 67 males) of Portuguese nationality who practice different levels of physical activity. Their ages range from 60 to 90 years old (M=68.59; DP=6.60). The obtained results show that the perception of basic psychological needs in Portuguese elderly people’s lives are a positive predictor of subjective happiness and subjective vitality. Also, the results verified that elderly people who perceive higher levels of competence practice more physical activity. Consequently, it is also possible to conclude that elderly people who participate in more physical activities perceive greater levels of subjective happiness and subjective vitality.
  • 其他关键词:Elderly people; well-being; physical activity; basic psychological needs.
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