Fatores determinantes para a continuidade da participação de idosos em programas de atividade física: a experiência dos participantes do projeto "Sem Fronteiras" Adherence factors to physical activity programs for older adults: the experience of the participants of the "Without Borders" project

Este trabalho discute os resultados de uma pesquisa qualitativa, cujo objetivo foi o de investigar os fatores que determinam a participação continuada de idosos no projeto "Sem Fronteiras: Atividades Corporais para Adultos Maduros e Idosos", desenvolvido na Universidade Federal do Paraná. Participaram do estudo 10 idosos que estavam regularmente frequentando o projeto há pelo menos dois anos. Os dados foram coletados através de uma entrevista semi-estruturada. O guia de entrevista teve como linha condutora as seguintes questões: O que o (a) motivou a dar início à participação no projeto "Sem Fronteiras"? O que o (a) motiva a continuar participando do projeto? Quais as principais dificuldades que o senhor (a senhora) encontra para permanecer no mesmo? O que o (a) motiva a superar estas dificuldades? A análise das entrevistas teve como foco os principais temas que emergiram da fala dos participantes. Primeiramente foram analisados os dados de cada entrevista individualmente. A seguir, os dados foram cruzados buscando-se por temas comuns e divergentes entre as falas dos entrevistados. A principal conclusão da pesquisa foi que os idosos permanecem no programa não somente por perceberem benefícios à sua saúde física, mental e emocional, mas também pelas oportunidades que este lhe oferece em termos de desenvolvimento pessoal, socialização, e troca de informações, experiências, suporte e afeto. As barreiras mais importantes encontradas pelos mesmos para dar continuidade à sua participação no projeto relacionam-se com problemas de saúde e compromissos familiares.<br>This paper discusses the results of a qualitative research project that had as a goal to investigate adherence factors to a physical activity program for older adults in Brazil named "Sem Fronteiras: Atividades Corporais Para Adultos Maduros e Idosos", which translated into English means "Without Borders: Physical Activities for Mature and Older Adults". The participants of the study were 10 older adults who had been in the project for at least two years. Data were collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews with open-ended questions. The leading interview questions were: What led you to start the program? What motivates you to continue attending the program? What are the main difficulties you find in continuing to attend the program? What motivates you to overcome these difficulties? The coding categories emerged from the data. Initially, we analyzed the data for each of the research participants, raising and coding the main themes that emerged from their responses. Next, we did a cross-analysis of the data of all participants looking for similarities and differences between the themes. Our main finding was that the participants adhere to the project not only because of the benefits that they perceive in terms of their physical, mental and emotional health, but also because it offers them opportunities for their personal development, socialization, and exchange of experiences, information, support, and affection. The main barriers that the interviewees found to keep participating in the project were health problems and family commitments

Times, theories and practices in social psychology.

This paper begins by problematizing the `taken for granted' status of Newtonian linear time at the heart of (social) psychology. Borrowing from Adam, the paper makes a distinction between an `events in time' and `time in events' approach to social psychology. It argues that a `time in events' approach helps to reveal the importance of multiple times for social psychological theories and practices. To demonstrate this approach, it considers some of the multiple times that are relevant for analysing the concept of `identity'. It also explores the multiple times of the research encounter. In doing so, it suggests that traditional dichotomies in social psychology between synchronic and diachronic methods, and between experimental and qualitative methods, can be dissolved by this focus on the temporal. The paper concludes with some observations about the importance of time for thinking about social psychology as a knowledge-producing practice

Sociality with Objects. Social Relations in Postsocial Knowledge Societies

Knorr Cetina K. Sociality with Objects. Social Relations in Postsocial Knowledge Societies. Theory, Culture and Society. 1997;14(4):1-30