The Effect of Self-management and Exercise Immersion on Physical Self-awareness among the Elderly Participating in Sports Activities

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of self-management and exercise immersion on physical self-awareness among the elderly participating in sports activities. This study set those who are 65 years old or over and who regularly participate in sports activities as its population. Sampling was conducted by a random sampling method among non-probability sampling methods. Respondents were asked to respond to the questions on the questionnaire by themselves. After excluding some copies that were not sincerely filled out, 331 copies in total were used for the final analysis. The results obtained through this research process are as follows. First, self-management and exercise immersion have partial positive relationships with physical self-awareness among old people participating in sports activities. Second, self-management has a partial and positive effect on physical self-awareness among old people participating in sports activities. Third, exercise immersion has a partial and positive effect on physical self-awareness among old people participating in sports activities. The above findings prove that selfmanagement and exercise immersion are important elements that affect physical self-awareness among old people participating in sports activities. In particular, given that management of body, a sub-variable of self-management, and cognitive commitment, a sub-variable of exercise immersion, have positive effects on physical self-awareness, voluntary participation in sports activities of old people leads to positive physical self-awareness.