Abstract
The literature has not yet well documented the relative elements of the adoption of healthy lifestyle habits (HLHs) over the long term. More especially, researchers are calling to complete the corpus with qualitative or mixed estimates that would allow them to better explain the conditions necessary for the adoption or maintenance of HLHs over the long term. The present study seeks to understand the winning conditions for the adoption and maintenance of HLHs. Semi-structured group interviews were conducted with three groups of university students (two in Bachelor’s degree in physical education (PE) and one in Master’s degree in physical activity science), all in favor with HLHs. The results identify some dominant winning conditions in the adoption and maintenance of HLHs, such as the role of the family environment, the role of diversity and choice in physical activities during youth, the physical and social environment, autonomy and also mental health, which is closely linked with physical health. Results were modelled in the form of an ideal pathway, which traces the impact of winning conditions from childhood to adulthood. The originality of this study stands out, among other things, because of its innovative methodology; therefore, this study opens the door to future qualitative research in the field. Investigating pathways, considering the different phases of development of children and adolescents to identify factors of change and maintenance of HLHs now seems to be an interesting and necessary avenue for research in the field.
Highlights
This study focuses on the winning conditions for the adoption and maintenance of healthy lifestyle habits (HLHs) by university students in training in the field of physical activity
The following results correspond to the second research objective, which was to identify the types of winning conditions for the adoption and maintenance of HLHs
Our results show that the adoption and maintenance of HLHs follow the rise of autonomy and that, in parallel, several environments act at different key moments of the life course, from the family, to the community and the social and physical infrastructures, to the self
Summary
This study focuses on the winning conditions for the adoption and maintenance of healthy lifestyle habits (HLHs) by university students in training in the field of physical activity (physical education and kinesiology). The project uses a qualitative, backwardlooking methodology to document the elements and mechanisms of their life experience that students retrospectively perceive as important in their awareness of HLHs and in the adoption and maintenance of some of them. HLHs. it is interesting to understand what types of experience play a role in the winning conditions during the course of life. It is interesting to understand what types of experience play a role in the winning conditions during the course of life Are they cumulative, repeated, one-time but transformative experiences?. The exploratory context of this study leads us not to restrict ourselves to one category of factors, but rather to be inclusive in all their
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