Well-being and Long-term Physical Activity Participation in Midlife Adults: A Latent Class Analysis
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Background: Despite the benefits of physical activity, a large majority of adults fail to get the recommended amount of regular exercise, and interventions to increase physical activity typically achieve only temporary improvements. The potential contribution of positive psychological functioning to the maintenance of physical activity has not been widely examined. Purpose: To test the hypothesis that psychological well-being would increase the likelihood of sustained physical activity in adults using a person-centered approach with longitudinal data. Methods: Participants (N = 2,214) were from the longitudinal Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS). Continuous latent variables representing physical activity at three waves of MIDUS were used to partition respondents into distinct (categorical) classes based on longitudinal activity profiles. Results: Latent class analyses identified three distinct physical activity profiles: sustained, consistently low, and declining activity (the normative class). Multinomial logistic regression analyses showed that the odds of membership in the sustained activity class were significantly higher for those with higher eudaimonic well-being (OR = 1.08 [1.03-1.13], p = .001), after adjustment for diverse covariates. Supplemental analyses revealed similar associations for specific subdomains of eudaimonic well-being. Conclusion: This study provides evidence that greater well-being may help sustain physical activity in the long term. These results suggest that improving well-being may be a useful addition to interventions aimed at increasing long-term physical activity participation.
Source: Annals of Behavioral Medicine
DOI: 10.1093/abm/kay016
Institution: Purdue University West Lafayette
Language: English
Topic: Physical Activity and Health
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: G1336031773, Midlife Health in Japan (MIDJA) and the U.S. (MIDUS), G2831762609, General Clinical Research Center, G389685684, District of Columbia Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, G420700271, General Clinical Research Center, G6205491408, Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award, Living Well with Later Life Multimorbidity: a Biopsychosocial Approach, Integrative Pathways to Health and Illness, G9000082569, University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Integrative Pathways to Health and Illness
OpenAlex ID: W2807406628