Aspectos motivacionais de idosos que praticam atividade fisica

Abstract

The aim of the study and examine what motivates elderly people to join the practice of physical activity taking as a parameter the assumption of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in males and feminino.Com we seek to investigate the profile of the elderly that I joined the program / physical activity projects for this population. This research was characterized as descriptive and quantitative analysis. The sample was composed of 16 people of both sexes, aged from 60 years who practice regular physical activity in diverse environments in Natal RN city who were willing to participate; The data collection instrument was a questionnaire adapted on motivation for sport practice consists of two parts, one for composite accession of 18 items and stay with 24 items, a scaled type Likert 4-point, The collected data were analyzed descriptively a central tendency on frequency distribution. Average percentage and was used The data passed by a statistical treatment using the SPSS 16.0 packet. A relevancy in adopting a healthy lifestyle was contacted, health care and body, wellness, stress reduction, which are presented as positive.