Among women, the tendency to experience more negative emotions was associated with lower levels of physical activity, particularly during leisure time. Women who experienced more negative emotions, such as frustration and sadness, at age 42 were less physically active at age 61.
The study also found that the behavioral activity of 8-year-old girls, manifested, for example, as playing eagerly with other children, predicted more
at age 61 before taking into account the current occupational status. The researchers believe that this could be explained by the associations between behavioral activity, educational background and occupational status.and end up in professions, like expert roles, which involve a lot of sitting," says doctoral researcher Johanna Ahola from the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences and Gerontology Research Center."This sedentary behavior at work is captured in accelerometer measurements.
Doctoral researcher Johanna Ahola feels that, in the future, it would be important to pay attention to how, despite negative emotions, each individual could find a type of sport they enjoy.Johanna Ahola et al, Child socioemotional behavior and adult temperament as predictors of physical activity and sedentary behavior in late adulthood,