Abstract
BackgroundPhysical inactivity is recognized as a leading global public health threat. Physical Literacy, a concept describing an individual’s prerequisites to participate in and adhere to physical activities, has been suggested to be a key concept in understanding physical activity in various populations. The aim of this study was to describe the prerequisites for physical activity among inactive adults in terms of their physical literacy and previous experience with sport and exercise and how these are interrelated.MethodsSample: 1033 physical inactive Danes. Measures: BREQ-3, ESES, the Levels of knowledge questionnaire and the physical self-confidence scale.ResultsInactive Danish adult’s physical literacy scores are generally low compared to samples in other studies. Inactive adults with no or little previous experience with sport and exercise had lower levels of competences, self-efficacy and autonomous motivation for exercise and sport than the inactive with more experience. Previous sport and exercise experience was positively associated to the physical and affective domain of PL.ConclusionPrevious experience with sport and exercise is very important to consider when developing sport and exercise activities for currently inactive adults as individuals with low previous experience have lower competences and autonomous motivation and therefore need lower challenges and other important attention to the motivational climate in order to ensure that the activities are motivating enough to secure continued engagement.
Highlights
Physical inactivity (PI) is recognized by the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) as a leading global public health threat [1]
The study showed that the level of motivation, and selfefficacy of the affective Physical Literacy (PL) domain and the elements ball competence and motor competence of the physical domain among inactive adults depended on their previous experience with sport and exercise
When comparing to other samples of adult populations of about the same mean age, where BREQ has been used to measure motivation for exercise, the inactive adults in our study show lower levels of autonomous motivation
Summary
Physical inactivity (PI) is recognized by the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) as a leading global public health threat [1]. Only few studies have investigating physical activity behaviour in large representative samples of inactive adults [10]. This is an important group to gain knowledge about in order to improve and tailor effective initiatives and programs that can increase PA among inactive [10]. Physical inactivity is recognized as a leading global public health threat. The aim of this study was to describe the prerequisites for physical activity among inactive adults in terms of their physical literacy and previous experience with sport and exercise and how these are interrelated
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