[Effects of dance exercise on exercise intention and exercise-related affect of postmenopausal women].
OBJECTIVE
A dance exercise program was performed to investigate the effects of exercise on exercise intention and exercise-related affect as these are important determinants of exercise behavior.


METHODS
The subjects were overweight (23< or =BMI< or =25) or obese (BMI> or =25) postmenopausal women (n=14), who participated in an exercise program from May, 2003 through November, 2003 at one public health center located in Kyong-gi Province. Data was analyzed with an SAS PC program.


RESULTS
Exercise intention was significantly increased after the exercise program (t=-2.24, P=0.04). Exercise-related affect was also increased, but there was no statistically significant change (t=1.81, P=0.09).


CONCLUSIONS
This study suggests that exercise participation can increase the level of future exercise behavior by increasing exercise intention and exercise-related affect.
Lee
Mi-Ra
MR
Department of Nursing, Daejeon Health Sciences College, Daejeon 300-711, Korea. mmrrlee@hit.ac.kr
D000339:Affect; D003615:Dancing; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000523:psychology*