Earticle

초록

영어

Objectives: Physical activity research in Korea has predominantly relied on quantitative approaches focused on adherence rates and correlates. This study examined how physical activity among Korean young and older adults is perceived, experienced, and given meaning within the contexts of life course and living environment. Methods: This was a qualitative comparative review of six peer-reviewed qualitative studies conducted by the authors and collaborators from 2014 to 2025. Included studies recruited participants aged 19 years or older and addressed topics related to physical activity, walking, active living, or health behavior. Study characteristics and key findings were organized in a data matrix, and themes were reconstructed through iterative comparison guided by thematic synthesis principles. Results: Five integrated themes were formed. First, urban older adults experienced physical activity not as discrete exercise but as the very substance of everyday life, with walking underpinning daily mobility, social participation, and a sense of continuing agency. Second, rural older adults with obesity perceived themselves as already sufficiently active through farming and household labor—a perception reinforced by cultural norms that did not frame work-related movement as health behavior. Third, urban young adults framed physical activity primarily as self-management, with exercise serving as a strategy for maintaining personal order amid competitive and precarious life conditions. Fourth, walking was universally present across the life course but differed substantially in meaning and status by age group and gender—valued as mobility by older adults and as a social-emotional resource by all groups, yet regarded as low-intensity and inefficient by some young men. Fifth, opportunities for physical activity were organized by the built and social environments of daily living areas: walkable infrastructure and accessible destinations enabled activity in urban settings, while fragmented resources and car-dependent mobility constrained it in rural areas. Conclusions: Physical activity is more fully understood when reframed as encompassing not only exercise but also everyday mobility and the maintenance of daily life. Promoting physical activity requires context-sensitive approaches that reflect how different groups inhabit, move through, and make sense of their everyday environments.

목차

Ⅰ. 서론
Ⅱ. 연구 방법
A. 연구설계 및 자료 선정
B. 분석 방법
C. 연구의 질
D. 연구자 반영성(reflexivity)
Ⅲ. 연구결과
A. 신체활동은 일상이자 그 근본– 대도시 노인
B. 이미 충분히 움직이고 있다- 농촌 비만 노인
C. 운동은 자기관리 – 대도시 청년
D. 걷기는 생애주기 전반의 일상 세계에다르게 있다
E. 신체활동은 사람이 하지만, 그 조건은 사람이 만든 생활환경에 있다
Ⅳ. 논의
Ⅴ. 결론
참고문헌

키워드

저자

• 유승현 [ Seunghyun Yoo | 서울대학교 보건대학원, 서울대학교 보건환경연구소 ] 교신저자

참고문헌

발행기관

간행물

표지보기 관심저널 등록

• 간행물명

  알코올과 건강행동연구 [Alcohol and Health Behavior Research]

• 간기

  반년간

• pISSN

  2636-0543

• 수록기간

  2000~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 334 DDC 361