INVESTIGATION OF ADULT WOMEN' ATTITUDES TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SELF- WORTH ACCORDING TO THE STATUS OF BEING OBESITY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Abstract

The aim of the study was to examine the physical activity self-worth attitudes of adult women according to their obesity status. In this study, descriptive survey model was used. The study was conducted using an online survey. The research group consists of 422 volunteer women aged between 18-60. While collecting the data of the study, personal information such as age range, education status, marital status, employment status, body mass index (BMI) and the number of days to participate in physical activity, which was developed by Huberty in 2013 and Yurtçiçek and Kömürcü adapted into Turkish in 2019, “Women's Physical Activity Self-Worth Scale” was used for validity and reliabilityIn order to see the normality distribution of the data, the “kolmogorov smirnov” test was applied and it was seen that the data were within the normal distribution range. The standard deviations and averages of the sub-dimensions of the scale were taken and T-test and Anova test were used to investigate the difference between the variables. The knowledge self-worth and emotional self-worth scores of the participants in the 18-25 age range were found to be higher than the 26-60 age range. However, in the social self-worth sub-dimension, it was found that the participants in the 26-35 age range got higher scores than the participants in the 36-60 and 18-25 age range. While the information self-worth and emotional self-worth scores of the single participants were higher than the married participants, no difference was found between the social self-worth scores. While knowledge self-worth and social self-worth scores increased with education level, social self-worth scores were not affected by education status. There was no difference in the three sub-dimensions according to the status of the participants in any job. As the rate of doing physical activity increased, self-worth scores increased in all three sub-dimensions. Physical activity and obesity were found to be the most important variables in determining the physical activity self-worth scores of women. Programs can be developed to promote physical activity and prevent obesity.