Affects Of Interpersonal Relationships On Exercise Adherence Of Taekwondo Groups

Exercise adherence is a very important topic in exercise psychology. This dissertation studies the influence of interpersonal relationship on exercise adherence of Taekwondo(TKD ) groups. A social network analysis examines this influence in adults exercise groups from two TKD gyms in Wuhan. The results are as follow :1. Three different kind of social network are tested in the TKD groups: friendship network, information network and consultation network. There are significant and positive correlations between of them.2. Network density means the degree of interaction of groups'members. Significant correlation does not exist between friendship network density and TKD exercise adherence, but findings suggest the friendship network density may have influence on TKD exercise adherence.3. Centrality is one of the most important concepts in social network analysis. The most common notion is that if a person is central in his or her group, he or she is the most popular individual in the group and gets the most attention. Results suggest individual centrality in a friendship network and a consultation network is positively associated with individual exercise performance.4. Automorphically equivalent individuals have the same position in a network. From the study, results suggest that Automorphically equivalent exercisers have similar performance in TKD exercise adherence.In this study, symbolic interactionism is used to explain exercise behavior. Future research could use it and social network analysis to investigate exercise behavior.