This field study is about well-being.
It examines the proposition that exercise is a pathway
to well-being. Participants in two "keep fit" groups
at the Australian National University Sports Union and
members of Lifestyle health and fitness club in Woden,
Canberra, A.C.T. provided the population for the study.
A critical review of the literature on well-being suggests
that a number of differing perspectives exist and that
these should be clarified before commencing such a study.
The existence of multidimensional indices of well-being
points to the use of a holistic model of well-being but
did not provide an existing methodology. Therefore an
experimental method was attempted using established and
open-ended questionnaires. In addition, a short
participant observation study of exercise programming in
the A.N.U. groups was carried out. Implications for
future studies of well-being are drawn, particularly
suggesting that existing tools designed for special
unidimensional examinations are inherently unsuitable.
The development of new research tools to evaluate the
different dimensions of well-being which together form
the whole are foreshadowed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219187 |
| Date | January 1982 |
| Creators | May, Murray, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Education |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Murray May |
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