Effect of Tai Chi Practice on Stress, Self-Esteem, and Perceived Life Expectancy and a Structural Model of Relation Among These Variables Taking Into Account Age | Zendy

José Moral de la Rubia | Zendy; Adrián Valle de la O | Zendy; Cirilo Humberto García Cadena | Zendy; Luis Alberto Pérez Góngora | Zendy

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Effect of Tai Chi Practice on Stress, Self-Esteem, and Perceived Life Expectancy and a Structural Model of Relation Among These Variables Taking Into Account Age

Author(s) -

José Moral de la Rubia,

Adrián Valle de la O,

Cirilo Humberto García Cadena,

Luis Alberto Pérez Góngora

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244014553600

Subject(s) - expectancy theory , life expectancy , psychology , perceived stress scale , scale (ratio) , self esteem , stress (linguistics) , gerontology , clinical psychology , demography , social psychology , medicine , population , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology

The aims of this article were to (a) investigate whether practicingTai Chi has an effect on stress, self-esteem, and perceived life expectancy and (b)contrast a structural model of relation between the three latter variables taking intoaccount age. One scale to assess stress, another scale to assess perceived lifeexpectancy, and the 10-item Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale were administrated to anonprobability sample of 86 Tai Chi practitioners and 91 sedentary persons. Tai Chipractitioners had a lower level of stress, a greater self-esteem, and a greaterperceived life expectancy than sedentary persons. Self-esteem had an effect on stressand perceived life expectancy, and stress had an effect on perceived life expectancy inboth Tai Chi practitioners and sedentary persons. Age was correlated to self-esteemamong sedentary persons, but not among Tai Chi practitioners. Age had a direct effect onperceived life expectancy among Tai Chi practitioners, but not among sedentary persons.It is concluded that Tai Chi practice has a beneficial effect on stress, perceived lifeexpectancy, and self-esteem

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