A Survey of Tai-Chi Chaun Exercisers'' Type A Behavior Pattern and Stress Perception

• Main Author: 許存惠
• Other Authors: 王俊明
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1996
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04205625313312816641

碩士 === 國立體育學院 === 體育研究所 === 84 === 　　The purposes of this study were: (1) to understand the percentage of the numbers of Type A behavior pattern for Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers with different sex, age, and sport experience, (2) to compare the differences between Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers and general adults in Type A behavior pattern and stress perception, and (3) to explore whether there were effects of Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers'' sex, age and sport experience on Type A behavior pattern and stress perception. There Were 568 subjects( male 238, female 330) who took Tai-Chi Chaun exercise in Taipei area, With average age of 54.24 - 14.36 years old. 　　This study adopted survey research method, and used" Type A Behavior Pattern Scale for Chinese People", " Trait Anxiety Inventory" , and " Trait Angry Scale" as the instruments to collect the research data. The collected data were analyzed by t-test and three-way ANOVA. The main findings were as follows: 　　1. The comparison of Type A behavior pattern between Tai-Chi Chain exercisers and general adults. 　　　　(1) The score of " time urgency" of Tai-Chi Chain exercisers was lower than that of general adults. 　　　　(2) The score of "competition and achievement" of Tai-Chi Chain exercisers was lower than that of general adults. 　　　　(3) The score of "aggressiveness and hostility" of Tai- Chi Chain exercisers was lower than that of general adults. 　　2. The effects of Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers'' sex, age and sport experience on Type A behavior pattern. 　　　　(1) There were interaction effects of Tai-Chi chaun exercisers'' age and sport experience on their " time urgency" , " competition and achievement" , and " aggressiveness and hostility" . 　　　　(2) There was no difference of " time urgency" ," competition and achievement", and " aggressiveness and hostility" separately between male and female Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers. 　　3. The comparison of stress perception between Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers and general adults. 　　　　(1) The score of " trait anxiety" of Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers was lower than that of general adults. 　　　　(2) The score of " trait angry" of Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers was lower than that of general adults. 　　4. The effects of Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers'' sex, age, and sport experience on stress perception. 　　　　(1) There were interaction effects of Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers'' age and sport experience on their" trait anxiety", and "trait angry". 　　　　(2) The score of " trait anxiety" of male Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers was lower than that of female Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers, whereas, there was no difference of " trait angry" between male and female Tai-Chi Chaun exercisers. 　　Based on the findings, the discussions were submitted and some suggestions were offered for the future research.