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Student’s Exerciseadherence On Yoga Electives Of Wuhan Universities

Posted on:2015-02-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330431493343Subject:Applied Psychology
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On the analysis of yoga course in domestic colleges and the research status of exerciseadherence at home and abroad,this study is focus on college students in yoga electives,andbase on a new theory of physical exercise behavior——the Theory of Autonomous Behavior(TAB for short, Xiong Mingsheng,2010).The research uses students’ behavior and relatedconcepts in the course and after the end of six months as the research objects, who are in yogaelectives of Wuhan colleges, to verify and analyze the theory of TAB.Taking samples of two colleges in Wuhan, a total of391subjects, study uses "Students’Basic Situation Investigation of Yoga Electives in Common Colleges" for the first test and"Students’ Yoga Practice Evaluation Questionnaire in Common Colleges" for the secondtest,which are both based on TAB.The results are as follows:At first, all of the eight variable differences are positive between the two tests. It meansthat exercise levels and psychological motivation numerical have reduced in different degreesafter the end of half an year, and in addition to "exercise attitude" and "exerciseresources",the others’ variation are very significant.Secondly, path analysis is carried out on the Psychological Dynamic Model of TAB, toprove that "subjective norm" and "exercise resources" have direct effects on"exerciseintention" and "exercise program", at the same time,they have indirect effects on the lattertwo through "exercise attitude" and "self-efficacy".Thirdly, it has been partly verified that the Behavior Prediction Model of TAB can bepredictive for exercise behavior.At the end, by analyzing the variable "insist on or give up the exercise", the current yogacourse in colleges presents deficiency of sustainable influence.And the paper puts forwardsome suggestions of practical application value.
Keywords/Search Tags:exercise psychology, Theory ofAutonomous Behavior, exercise adherence, Yoga, college students
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