Reasons for an individual to practice physical sports activities

This study aims to investigate the reasons why an individual joins regular physical sports activities. This is a qualitative case study which rises from the interest in inherent aspects of a specific situation. The instrument used for data collection was an interview. Considering the analysis and interpretation of the collected data, we have concluded that: (1) the practice of physical sports activities may be associated with reasons which are not shown, that is, with impulses which remain unclear; (2) the individual practices physical sports activities regularly, because by doing so they feel more aware of their limits, their power, their aesthetics; (3) the regular practice of such activities is associated with the identification with varied physical sports activities; (4) the subject practices such activities regularly, as this practice is associated with a healthy medication, since moving the body means playing with the body; (5) the individual practices physical sports activities regularly because the qualities of the imagination are comforting to them, the illusion shelters him and makes him move forward.Este estudio tiene el objetivo de investigar los motivos de la adhesión de un individuo a la práctica regular de actividades físico-deportivas. Se trata de un estudio de caso cualitativo que emerge del interés por aspectos intrínsecos de un caso particular. El instrumento utilizado para la recolección de datos fue la entrevista. Teniendo en cuenta el análisis y l...
Source: Psicologia em Estudo - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research