Sitting as a moral practice : older adults’ accounts from qualitative interviews on sedentary behaviours
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- Victoria J. Palmer, Cindy M. Gray, Claire Fitzsimons, Nanette Mutrie, Sally Wyke, Geoff Der, Sebastien Chastin (UGent) , Dawn A. Skelton, Simon Cox, Elaine Coulter, Iva Čukić, Philippa Dall, Ian Deary, Manon Dontje, Catharine Gale, Jason Gill, Malcolm Granat, Carolyn Greig, Elaine Hindle, Karen Laird, Gillian Mead, Ratko Radakovic, Naveed Sattar, Richard Shaw, John Starr, Sally Stewart and [missing] the Seniors USP Team
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- Amidst public health campaigns urging people to sit less as well as being more physically active, this paper investigates how older adults make sense of their sedentary behaviour. Using an accounts framework focusing on how people rationalise their sitting practices, we analysed data from 44 qualitative interviews with older adults. All interviewees had received information about sedentary behaviour and health, visual feedback on their own objectively measured sitting over a week and guidance on sitting less. Participants used accounts to position sitting as a moral practice, distinguishing between 'good' (active/'busy') and 'bad' (passive/'not busy') sitting. This allowed them to align themselves with acceptable (worthwhile) forms of sitting and distance themselves from other people whose sitting they viewed as less worthwhile. However, some participants also described needing to sit more as they got older. The findings suggest that some public health messaging may lead to stigmatisation around sitting. Future sedentary behaviour guidelines and public health campaigns should consider more relatable guidelines that consider the lived realities of ageing, and the individual and social factors that shape them. They should advocate finding a balance between sitting and moving that is appropriate for each person.
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- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health Policy, Health (social science), accounts framework, moral practice, older adults, sedentary behaviour, sitting, PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY, COHORT PROFILE, HEALTH, EXERCISE, OBESITY, TIME, RISK
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8737170
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- Palmer, Victoria J., et al. “Sitting as a Moral Practice : Older Adults’ Accounts from Qualitative Interviews on Sedentary Behaviours.” SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, vol. 43, no. 9, 2021, pp. 2102–20, doi:10.1111/1467-9566.13383.
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- Palmer, V. J., Gray, C. M., Fitzsimons, C., Mutrie, N., Wyke, S., Der, G., … the Seniors USP Team, [missing]. (2021). Sitting as a moral practice : older adults’ accounts from qualitative interviews on sedentary behaviours. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, 43(9), 2102–2120. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13383
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- Palmer, Victoria J., Cindy M. Gray, Claire Fitzsimons, Nanette Mutrie, Sally Wyke, Geoff Der, Sebastien Chastin, et al. 2021. “Sitting as a Moral Practice : Older Adults’ Accounts from Qualitative Interviews on Sedentary Behaviours.” SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 43 (9): 2102–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13383.
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- Palmer, Victoria J., Cindy M. Gray, Claire Fitzsimons, Nanette Mutrie, Sally Wyke, Geoff Der, Sebastien Chastin, Dawn A. Skelton, Simon Cox, Elaine Coulter, Iva Čukić, Philippa Dall, Ian Deary, Manon Dontje, Catharine Gale, Jason Gill, Malcolm Granat, Carolyn Greig, Elaine Hindle, Karen Laird, Gillian Mead, Ratko Radakovic, Naveed Sattar, Richard Shaw, John Starr, Sally Stewart, and [missing] the Seniors USP Team. 2021. “Sitting as a Moral Practice : Older Adults’ Accounts from Qualitative Interviews on Sedentary Behaviours.” SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 43 (9): 2102–2120. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.13383.
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- 1.Palmer VJ, Gray CM, Fitzsimons C, Mutrie N, Wyke S, Der G, et al. Sitting as a moral practice : older adults’ accounts from qualitative interviews on sedentary behaviours. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS. 2021;43(9):2102–20.
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- [1]V. J. Palmer et al., “Sitting as a moral practice : older adults’ accounts from qualitative interviews on sedentary behaviours,” SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS, vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 2102–2120, 2021.
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