Sport Participation and Ageing: Evidence from Marathon Events

Konstantinos Koronios; Marina Mavromati; Athanasios Kriemadis; Eleni Leivaditi; Petros Kolovos; Andreas Papadopoulos

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57348-9_11

Sport Participation and Ageing: Evidence from Marathon Events

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017:989:129-139. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-57348-9_11.

Authors

Konstantinos Koronios¹, Marina Mavromati², Athanasios Kriemadis³, Eleni Leivaditi³, Petros Kolovos⁴, Andreas Papadopoulos³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, Department of Sports Organization and Management, University of Peloponnese, Sparti, Greece. konskoron@hotmail.com.
² Department of Business Administration, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece.
³ Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, Department of Sports Organization and Management, University of Peloponnese, Sparti, Greece.
⁴ Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, Department of Nursing, University of Peloponnese, Sparti, Greece.

PMID: 28971422
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57348-9_11

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study expectations regarding ageing (ERA) among individuals who participate in running events as well as to explore personality and demographic features as potential variables that influence ERA values. A quantitative questionnaire was selected as the predominant means of collecting the data and 196 successfully completed questionnaires were analyzed by means of the SPSS. Results indicate a positive correlation between ERA values and Change Seeker Index in our sample. Moreover gender and frequency of exercise found to have no significant effect on ERA score. Finally, ERA was examined among three generational cohorts and differences were noticed to physical subscale.

Keywords: Ageing; Motives; Sport participation.

MeSH terms

Aging*
Exercise
Humans
Personality
Running*
Surveys and Questionnaires