| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立體育大學 === 體育研究所 === 100 === The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effects of older adults’ physical self-concept between exercise and health-related quality of life. Participants were 152 older adults (males=64, females=88), with the average age of 71.36±6.51 years old. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed following findings: (1) exercise positively predicted strength, flexibility, and independence of physical self-concept. (2) all subscales of physical self-concept positively predicted physical health and mental health of health-related quality of life. (3) exercise positively predicted physical health and mental health of health-related quality of life. Also, this study found three subscales of physical self-concept—strength, flexibility, and independence fully mediated the relationship between exercise and physical health of health-related quality of life. In addition, two subscales of physical self-concept—strength and flexibility fully mediated the relationship between exercise and metal health of health-related quality of life. The result of this study partially supported the hypotheses. Implications, applications, and future directions of this study are also discussed.
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