TY  - JOUR
AU  - Harada, Munehiko
A2  - Harada, Munehiko
DB  - BISp
DP  - BISp
KW  - Alterssport
KW  - Bevölkerungsstruktur
KW  - Entwicklungstendenz
KW  - Gerontologie
KW  - Japan
KW  - Lebensalter
KW  - Lebenserwartung
KW  - Lebensführung
KW  - Sportaktivität
LA  - eng
TI  - Early and later life sport participation patterns among the elderly in Japan
TT  - Muster der Sportteilnahme im fruehen und spaeteren Lebensalter bei der aelteren Bevoelkerung Japans
PY  - 1994
N2  - To better understand the historical pattern of sport participation in Japan, two active elderly groups - Masters athletes and senior university students - were compared. Research findings suggest that Masters athletes perceive sport as serious and competitive, and their previous sport participation leads directly to their sport participation in later life. On the other hand, senior university students are more likely to perceive sport as a playful leisure pursuit. For them, leaving and reentering sport is not uncommon. This paper presents eight possible patterns of lifelong sport and exercise participation that should be considered when designing marketing programs to recruit elderly participants, and when developing programs to meet the needs of a heterogeneous older population with a variety of beliefs, attitudes, and experiences in sport and exercise.          Verf.-Referat
SP  - S. 105-114
SN  - 1063-8652
JO  - Journal of aging and physical activity
IS  - 2
VL  - 2
M3  - Gedruckte Ressource
ID  - PU199506076705
ER  -