Motivational factors of adherence to running groups

Authors

  • Adriana Barni Truccolo

    Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS

  • Paula Bertaso Andreatta Maduro

    Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS

  • Eduardo Aguirre Feijó

    Personal Trainer, Porto Alegre, RS

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5016/1162
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Abstract
The objective of the study was to identify the reasons that take street runners to integrate supervised groups of race, in the city of Porto Alegre RS. Study of transverse cut, with clusters sample, composed by 68 adults, being 34 men, with age varying between 22 and 57 years of age. The data collection happened in a street race, when the tents of sports advisors were visited and requested to the runners with uneven number of registration to fill a questionnaire. The results had been analyzed through the qui squared test to a level of significance of 5% and had shown significant differences between men and women. The reasons most important for women to adhere to a program with sport advisor were: improvement of physical conditioning and health, appreciate to be outdoors, increase of auto-esteem, and to feel that physical appearance improved. For the men, the reasons most important were: to feel itself less anxious, improvement of physical conditioning and health, form to reduce stress, improvement of auto-esteem and appreciate to be outdoors. The group as a motivational factor was significantly more important for the women (75%) than for the men (40%). The knowledge of the reasons that takes the individual to search for a definitive type of exercise supplies the physical education professional the tools to elaborate efficient programs and promote the adhesion to the ones.
Author Biographies
  1. Adriana Barni Truccolo, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS
    Mestrado em Educação Para A Saúde Fisiologia do Exercício na Florida International University, FIU, Estados Unidos. Título: FACTORS AFFECTING EXERCISE ADHERENCE AMONG OLDER ADULTS EXERCISING IN A SUPERVISED SETTING AND IN AN UNSUPERVISED SETTING, Ano de obtenção: 1995 Orientador: RICHARD LOPEZ Bolsista do(a): Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. Atualmente professora de Fisiologia Humana, Fisiologia do Exercício e Atividade Física e Saúde no Curso de Educação Física da Universidade Luterana do Brasil. Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8147033387677530 http://lattes.cnpq.br/8147033387677530
  2. Paula Bertaso Andreatta Maduro, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS
    Possui graduação em Licenciatura em Educação Fisica pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1988). Especialização em Ciências do Esporte pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1993). Atualmente é Professora Horista - Instituição Educacional São Judas Tadeu e Professora Horista da Universidade Luterana do Brasil. Tem experiência na área de Educação Física, com ênfase em Atletismo, História da Educação Física e Fundamentos da Ginástica, atuando e pesquisando principalmente nos seguintes temas: história do automobilismo, porto alegre e modernidade, atletismo. Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/6093697831892083
  3. Eduardo Aguirre Feijó, Personal Trainer, Porto Alegre, RS
    Professor de Educação Física, treinador de grupos de corrida. Personal Trainer, Porto Alegre, RS
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Published
2008-09-09
Issue
V. 14, N. 2 (2008)
Section
Original Articles
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