Exercise Behavior and Related Factors in Career Women - the Case of a Bank in Taipei City

面臨生理機能提早老化及多樣慢性病盛行的現況，健康促進概念已成為公共衛生專家 優先考量的重點，而規律運動則是在健康促進及疾病的預防佔了很重要的角色。本研 究目的在探討職業婦女運動行為與其相關因素，樣本來自於台北市某銀行的女性行 員，年齡分布2056歲，共361位。從事規律運動行為僅佔8.6%，不曾從事運動的理 由以「沒有時間」佔多數。運動自我效能為預測規律運動、總運動量之共同因子。故 建議運動介入計畫必須是建築在女性的自我效能，設計「以家庭為導向」的活動，由 資方主動倡導運動，獎勵員工的運動行為，以提昇員工的運動自我效能，進而增進員 工的健康。 With the trend of premature aging of physiological functions on the rise and a variety of chronic diseases continuing to spread, health promotion has become the top concern among public health experts. Regular exercise plays a pivotal role in both health promotion and disease prevention. This study aims to investigate the exercise behavior of career women and related factors. The samples were drawn from the female employees of a bank in Taipei, totaling 361 persons, all aged between 20 and 56. The result shows that only 8.6% of the respondents exercise regularly and that among the reasons for not doing any exercise, “Don’t have time for it” tops the list. Self-efficacy in exercise is found to be the common factor for predicting both exercise regularity and total exercise amount. Exercise intervention programs thus must be developed on the basis of female self-efficacy with a “family-oriented” activity design. It is therefore suggested that employers promote exercise and encourage exercise behaviors to help enhance employee self-efficacy as well as employee health.