Exercise Behaviors Using Aerobics of Residents in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area

Abstract

In this thesis, the researcher investigates exercise behaviors using aerobics of selected residents in the Bangkok Metropolitan area. In addition, the researcher compares exercise behaviors using aerobics of the residents under study as classified by the demographical variables of gender, age and educational level.

The sample population consisted of 300 Bangkok Metropolitan area residents who were exercising using aerobics at Rajamangala National Stadium, Lumpini Park, and Din Daeng Bangkok Youth Center (Thai-Japan). Using the accidental sampling method, the researcher selected 100 respondents from each location. The instrument of research used to collect data was a questionnaire.

Using techniques of descriptive statistics, the researcher analyzed the data collected in terms of percentage, mean and standard deviation. The t-test technique was also employed by the researcher.

Findings are as follows:

1. The respondents who exercised using aerobics exhibited behaviors in the aspect of knowledge at a moderate level, the aspect of attitudes at a good level, and the aspect of practice at a very good level.


2. Male and female respondents exercising using aerobics exhibited corresponding differences in exercise behaviors in the aspects of knowledge and attitudes at the statistically significant level of .05. There were no differences at the statistically significant level of .05 in the aspect of practice by male and female respondents in regard to their exercise behaviors using aerobics.


3. Of the respondents, those who were no older than forty-five years of age and those who were forty-five years of age or older exhibited parallel differences at the statistically significant level of .05 in their exercise behaviors in the aspects of knowledge, attitudes, and practice.


4. Of the respondents, those whose educational level was lower than that of a bachelor's degree and a bachelor's degree or higher exhibited concomitant differences at the statistically significant level of .05 in their exercise behaviors in the aspect of knowledge. There were no differences at the statistically significant level of .05 in the aspects of attitudes and practice.