Motivation till fysisk aktivitet

: en kvalitativ intervjustudie bland fysiskt aktiva medarbetare på Saab i Linköping

Abstract

In the background research shows that physical activity is essential for good health in the society and because of that the concept of motivation automatically becomes important. If the society want to focus on physical activity and increasing public health individuals needs to be motivated in a fair manner. The purpose of this study was to get an understanding of what motivates physically active employees at Saab in Linköping to be physically active, but also to understand why they are motivated. To answer the purpose we used Saab in Linköping as the arena because of their historically active health work. A qualitative interview study was used as the method of the study, with a targeted sample of physically active employees. The result, which is divided into one descriptive part and one part with traditional content analysis, shows that many factors affect an individual’s motivation for physical activity. Well-being, knowledge, process-oriented work and support from the social and physical environment proved to be important components for employee’s motivation for physical activity. It’s important that, already at an early age, creating conditions for individuals so they can motivate themselves to physical activity. The conditions should, based on the conclusions, be several factors that through a process generate well-being for individuals.