Research shows that communal programs encourage exercise participation in diverse age groups, indicating effective messaging strategies.
Older adults gave lower ratings to individuating versus communal programs, whereas younger adult ratings did not differ by program. As such, communally focused programs seem to be the most effective for encouraging a wide audience of age groups to participate in exercise programs.
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