作者
Geralyn R Ruissen, Yan Liu, Toni Schmader, David R Lubans, Samantha M Harden, Svenja A Wolf, Ryan E Rhodes, William L Dunlop, Eli Puterman, Bruno D Zumbo, Mark R Beauchamp
发表日期
2020/7
期刊
Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being
卷号
12
期号
2
页码范围
559-583
简介
Background
To examine the extent to which group‐based exercise programs, informed by self‐categorisation theory, result in improvements in psychological flourishing and reductions in age‐ and gender‐related stigma consciousness among older adults.
Methods
In the study, older adults (N = 485, ≥ 65 years) were randomised to similar age same gender (SASG), similar age mixed gender (SAMG), or “standard” mixed age mixed gender (MAMG) group‐based exercise programs. Flourishing and stigma consciousness were assessed on six occasions during the 24‐week intervention and represented secondary trial outcomes. Multilevel growth models examined the effects of the interventions on flourishing and stigma consciousness over time.
Results
Participants in the SASG and SAMG conditions demonstrated, on average, higher levels of flourishing, relative to the MAMG condition, over the course of the 24 …
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