Instructors' and Classroom Characteristics Associated with Exercise Enjoyment by Females

Perceptual and Motor Skills - Tập 94 Số 2 - Trang 395-398 - 2002
Steven R. Wininger1
1Western Kentucky University,

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between exercise enjoyment and participant's perceptions of selected characteristics of the exercise instructor and exercise class. Women ( N = 296) attending aerobics classes at a university fitness center were surveyed. Analysis yielded significant correlations among exercise enjoyment and the four characteristics of instructor and five for classroom. Correlations ranged from .16 to .32. Stepwise regression analysis was also conducted. Three of the nine characteristics entered into the model: (1) instructor's personal fitness, (2) instructor's ability to communicate instruction, and (3) liking of other participants in the class. The three variables combined accounted for only 17% of the variability for enjoyment of exercise.

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Perceptual and Motor Skills

Tập 94 Số 2

395-398

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