Motivation for Exercise

Mears, Jennifer; Kilpatrick, Marcus W.

doi:10.1249/01.fit.0000298460.30006.00

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“…There were four main questions: 1) What motivates FC members to integrate exercise into their daily routines at FCs?, 2) What factors contribute to the sustained regular exercise habits among FC members?, 3) What are the barriers to maintaining regular exercise?, and 4) What strategies or motivations enable regular exercise maintenance?. Further techniques for IDIs [39][40][41] and FGDs [42][43] are described in Table A1. All materials related to the IDIs and FGDs, including fieldwork diaries, session minutes in hard copy, and audio recordings, were securely stored by the investigators in a locked cabinet and on a personal laptop to ensure the security of the data.…”

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Exercise Motivation among Fitness Center Members: A Combined Qualitative and Q-Sorting Approach

Nam,

Suwanbamrung,

Dadras

et al. 2023

J. Hum. Earth Future

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This study aimed to explore the components of Exercise Maintenance Motivation (EMM) and identify its consensus and distinguishing aspects among members of fitness centers (FCs) in Vietnam. The study incorporated both qualitative and Q-sorting methodologies across two stages. The first stage involved conducting ten in-depth and four focus-group interviews with 39 members of six different FCs in Vietnam, resulting in the generation of 40 EMM statements. In the second stage, these statements were subjected to Q-sorting by 39 participants. The KADE application for the Q method was used for data analysis, and Principal Component Analysis was employed to determine the optimal number of factors. The analysis yielded four factors, encompassing 34 statements and accounting for 86% of the variance in EMM components among participants. These components, labeled “F1. Exercise achievements”, “F2. Exercise environments”, “F3. Exercise enjoyment”, and “F4. Workout-aholic”, achieved consensus among 17 (37%), 14 (30%), 5 (12%), and 3 (7%) participants, respectively. The leading motivational expressions were “get to be healthier”, “a better-looking appearance”, and “get a fit body appearance”. These were followed by FC-based supportive exercise conditions, positive feelings, and exercise addiction. There were five consensus statements that spanned all four factors. The numbers of distinguishing statements varied across factors, with F1, F3, and F4 each contributing 11 (28.2%) and F2 contributing 15 (38.5%). This study contributed to the four central drivers of EMM. To facilitate the development of a comprehensive EMM scale, future research should incorporate larger samples, allowing for a dissection of motivational paradigms. Doi: 10.28991/HEF-2023-04-03-07 Full Text: PDF

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confidence: 99%

Exercise Motivation among Fitness Center Members: A Combined Qualitative and Q-Sorting Approach

Nam,

Suwanbamrung,

Dadras

et al. 2023

J. Hum. Earth Future

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“…Therefore, it is important that people are motivated to participate in physical activities and exercise during their leisure time. Motivation can stem from fulfilling psychological needs such as autonomy, competence, and relatedness to health and psychological well-being factors, weight loss, and physical appearance [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ].…”

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Investigating Differences in Personality Traits, Self-Esteem, Eating Attitudes, and Body Image among Participants in Indoor and Outdoor Fitness Activities

Tsartsapakis,

Chalatzoglidis,

Zafeiroudi

2023

Healthcare

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Physical activity environments influence physical condition, nutrition, individual and social behaviors, and emotional well-being. The aim of the study was to investigate differences in eating attitudes, self-esteem, personality traits, and body image among participants in indoor and outdoor leisure-time fitness programs. Participants included 1747 adults (882 men and 865 women) aged 34 ± 9.2 years, divided into experimental and control groups. All participants completed the Demographic Characteristics Questionnaire, the Eating Attitudes Test 26 (EAT-26), the Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the Traits Personality Questionnaire 5 (TPQue5), and the Appearance Scales of the Multidimensional Body–Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ-AS). The results revealed statistically significant differences between groups. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) revealed noteworthy variations in personality trait scores between the groups (neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness) as well as body image factors (self-esteem and eating attitudes). Two-way ANOVA revealed a significant interaction between gender and participation in different types of exercise. Females had lower self-esteem and body area satisfaction scores but higher eating disorder proneness, neuroticism, appearance evaluation, and overweight preoccupation scores than males. These findings add to the current literature focusing on the psychosocial and behavioral mechanisms associated with physical activity and exercise environments. The findings provide an effective supplement to promote public health-focused fitness programs and leisure-time physical activity motivation strategies.

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“…It may not be possible for every person to become intrinsically motivated to perform PA, but it is possible for individuals to move from amotivation to more autonomous engagement in PA [ 11 ]. A large body of research has identified that more autonomous forms of motivation (ie, intrinsic and more internalized forms of extrinsic motivation) are associated with engagement in MVPA [ 9 ].…”

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Motivational Profiles and Associations With Physical Activity Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Study

Nuss¹,

Sui²,

Rhodes³

et al. 2023

JMIR Form Res

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Background In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, triggering many countries, including Canada, to issue stay-at-home orders to their citizens. Research indicates that these stay-at-home orders are associated with a decline in physical activity (PA), a behavior that can reduce disease risk and improve the quality of life. Many behavioral change theories, such as the self-determination theory (SDT) of motivation, state that PA engagement is mediated by psychological constructs, such as motivation. According to the SDT, motivation exists on a continuum from more controlled (external or coerced) to more autonomous (volitional) regulatory forms. Individuals move along the continuum from more controlled to more autonomous forms through the fulfillment of 3 psychological needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Research indicates that moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is positively associated with the autonomous regulatory form of motivation. Recently, researchers have speculated that a better method to describe motivation than movement along the continuum is to generate motivational profiles, which represent combinations of differing levels of controlled and autonomous regulation existing simultaneously. Objective We aimed to identify distinct motivational profiles and determine their association with MVPA before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Using a cross-sectional, retrospective design, we surveyed 977 Canadian adults. We assessed motivation for PA using the Behavioral Regulations in Exercise Questionnaire-3 (BREQ-3). We assessed PA pre–, during, and post–COVID-19 stay-at-home orders in Canada using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). We derived motivational profiles using latent profile analysis (LPA). Using motivational profiles as an independent variable, we assessed their effect on PA at all 3 time points with multilevel models that included the participant ID as a random variable. Results We identified 4 profiles: high controlled and high autonomous (HCHA), low overall motivation (LOM), high autonomous and introjected (HAI), and high amotivation and external (HAE). The HCHA profile had the highest levels of weekly MVPA minutes at all 3 time points, followed by the HAI profile. Conclusions Our results suggest that a combination of both autonomous and controlled regulatory forms may be more effective in influencing MVPA than the controlled or autonomous forms alone, particularly during times of high stress, such as a worldwide pandemic. Although the odds of another global pandemic are low, these results may also be applied to other times of stress, such as job transitions, relationship changes (eg, change in marital status), or the death of a loved one. We suggest that clinicians and practitioners consider developing PA interventions that seek to increase both controlled and autonomous regulatory forms instead of aiming to reduce controlled forms.

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Motivation for Exercise

Cited by 12 publications

References 6 publications

Exercise Motivation among Fitness Center Members: A Combined Qualitative and Q-Sorting Approach

Exercise Motivation among Fitness Center Members: A Combined Qualitative and Q-Sorting Approach

Investigating Differences in Personality Traits, Self-Esteem, Eating Attitudes, and Body Image among Participants in Indoor and Outdoor Fitness Activities

Motivational Profiles and Associations With Physical Activity Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Study

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