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[Effects of dance exercise on exercise intention and exercise-related affect of postmenopausal women]
1Department of Nursing, Daejeon Health Sciences College, Daejeon 300-711, Korea. mmrrlee@hit.ac.kr
Purpose:
A dance exercise program was performed to investigate the effects of exercise on exercise intention and exercise-related affect as these are important determinants of exercise behavior.
Method:
The subjects were overweight (23< or =BMI< or =25) or obese (BMI> or =25) postmenopausal women (n=14), who participated in an exercise program from May, 2003 through November, 2003 at one public health center located in Kyong-gi Province. Data was analyzed with an SAS PC program.
Result:
Exercise intention was significantly increased after the exercise program (t=-2.24, P=0.04). Exercise-related affect was also increased, but there was no statistically significant change (t=1.81, P=0.09).
Conclusion:
This study suggests that exercise participation can increase the level of future exercise behavior by increasing exercise intention and exercise-related affect.
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