Behavioral Determinants of Exercise Maintenance Lessons From Past & Current Rowers

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Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of exercise maintenance through the lens of behavioral economics. I aim to explain the motivational differences between those who successfully maintain healthy exercise habits and those who do not. The implications of this paper inform rowers, athletes and non-athletes alike how toapproach exercise from a perspective of long-term maintenance and health. Additionally, I briefly discuss policy implications addressed in some of the existing literature. Using an anonymous self-report survey, I collected data on numerous incentives for exercise maintenance (primary activity type, intrinsic and extrinsic motivations), and, primarily, their impact on hours of weekly exercise. I sampled 294 past and current university rowers (distinguishing between those who currently belong to a team with coached or compulsory practices) from the United States and the United Kingdom. I provide evidence that shows rowers differ from individuals described in the existing literature. Incentives for current exercise maintenance among both current and past rowers are primarily extrinsic. However, regression and ordered logit analyses indicate that parental influence at initiation has a persistent negative effect on current exercise levels, despite rigorous physical activity in the interim, among both current and past rowers.

Type of resource	text
Date created	May 2015

Author	Barakat, Andrew
Primary advisor	Bhattacharya, Jay
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Economics

Subject	Stanford Department of Economics
Subject	Rowing
Subject	Crew
Subject	Exercise Maintenance
Subject	Time-inconsistent Preferences
Subject	Intrinsic Motivation
Subject	Extrinsic Motivation
Subject	Participation Motivation
Subject	Self-Efficacy
Subject	Physical Activity
Subject	Behavioral Economics
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/wd499dz6191

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Preferred Citation: Barakat, Andrew. (2015). Behavioral Determinants of Exercise Maintenance Lessons From Past & Current Rowers. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/wd499dz6191

Stanford University, Department of Economics, Honors Theses

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