Motivational-valuable priorities of mature individuals towards health-recreational physical activity during martial law

Authors

  • O. Mykytchyk Educational and Scientific Institute “Prydniprovsk State Academy of Physical Culture and Sport” of the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies, Dnipro, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8656-0943
  • O. Tsukanov Educational and Scientific Institute “Prydniprovsk State Academy of Physical Culture and Sport” of the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies, Dnipro, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4230-2277

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32540/2071-1476-2025-2-040

Keywords:

respondents, consistency, women, men, rating, health, motivation

Abstract

Relevance of the topic. During the state of war, the issues of physical activity, quality of life, and improvement of health, including mental health, are pressing problems of today. The article presents the results of a survey of mature men and women regarding their motivational and value priorities towards health-recreational physical activity during the state of war. It is noted that the main factors influencing motivation towards health-recreational physical activity include personal values and attitudes towards one’s health. The purpose of the study is to explore the motivational-value priorities of mature individuals towards health and recreational physical activity in order to deter-mine the direction of physical education activities during martial law. Research methods: theoretical analysis and summarization of scientific and methodological literature and the Internet (studying sources related to the research problem); survey (analyzing respondents’answers concerning their motivational and value priorities towards health and recreational physical activity during martial law); mathematical statistics methods (aimed at calculating the indicators of relative share and the probability of discrepancies in respondents’opinions from the average indicator). Research results. In the course of research, statistically significant sex-determined differences in the value components of the structure of motivation for recreational physical activity among middle-aged individuals during martial law were found between representatives of both sexes. The existence of a relationship between the age range of mature men (up to 40 years and over 41 years) and women (up to 35 years, 36-40 years, and over 41 years) and the value components of their motivation structure for health and recreational physical activity during martial law was established, depending on age. Motivations that shape the desire to engage in various types of physical education and health activities during martial law were identified. Conclusions. It has been established that the overwhelming majority of adults experience a significant lack of physical activity during the state of war. This indicates an unsatisfactory level of situational motivation for engaging in various types of health and recreational physical activity. The improvement in well-being, mood, a stable desire to exercise, and the disappearance of fatigue indicate a high level of stable motives for engaging in physical activities.

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2025-09-12

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Mykytchyk O, Tsukanov O. Motivational-valuable priorities of mature individuals towards health-recreational physical activity during martial law. Sportyvnyi Visnyk Prydniprovia [Internet]. 2025Sep.12 [cited 2026Jan.20];(2):40-51. Available from: https://svp.ust.edu.ua/article/view/349678

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