TY - JOUR
T1 - In their own voices
T2 - Definitions and interpretations of physical activity
AU - Tudor-Locke, Catrine
AU - Henderson, Karla A.
AU - Wilcox, Sara
AU - Cooper, Rhonda S.
AU - Durstine, J. Larry
AU - Ainsworth, Barbara E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this paper was provided by NIH-CDC SIP #W22-U48/CCU409664-03, awarded to Dr. Ainsworth. We thank the many interviewers and data collection staff involved in CAPS for their efforts in the series of studies referred to in this paper. This paper was presented to the Australian and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies Conference in July 2001.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Terms such as physical activity, exercise, and leisure are perceived and interpreted differently by people differing in gender, class, and sociocultural factors. We accessed multiple diverse data sources (including qualitative data recently collected in research and evaluation studies) to explore African-American and American Indian women's (age 40+) definitions, meanings, and interpretations of "physical activity". These women reported that physical activity is typically considered to be structured "exercise" and not incidental activities of daily life. The term "leisure" was interpreted from a cultural perspective as being lazy. These women also had difficulty understanding the meaning of "intensity" (e.g., "moderate", "vigorous"). Researchers must acknowledge and understand inconsistencies that arise and how these might influence design of, and responses to, self-report assessment of physical activity.
AB - Terms such as physical activity, exercise, and leisure are perceived and interpreted differently by people differing in gender, class, and sociocultural factors. We accessed multiple diverse data sources (including qualitative data recently collected in research and evaluation studies) to explore African-American and American Indian women's (age 40+) definitions, meanings, and interpretations of "physical activity". These women reported that physical activity is typically considered to be structured "exercise" and not incidental activities of daily life. The term "leisure" was interpreted from a cultural perspective as being lazy. These women also had difficulty understanding the meaning of "intensity" (e.g., "moderate", "vigorous"). Researchers must acknowledge and understand inconsistencies that arise and how these might influence design of, and responses to, self-report assessment of physical activity.
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Exercise
KW - Leisure
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U2 - 10.1016/S1049-3867(03)00038-0
DO - 10.1016/S1049-3867(03)00038-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 14583168
AN - SCOPUS:0142230900
SN - 1049-3867
VL - 13
SP - 194
EP - 199
JO - Women's Health Issues
JF - Women's Health Issues
IS - 5
ER -