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JOURNAL
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SPORTS SCIENCE &
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INTERPLAY OF DIFFERENT CONTEXTUAL MOTIVATIONS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR EXERCISE MOTIVATION |
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David González-Cutre1  ,
Álvaro Sicilia2 and Cornelio Águila2 |
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1Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain, 2University of Almería, Spain |
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© Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (2011) 10, 274 - 282 |
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| ABSTRACT | |||
| The aim of this study was to analyze the interaction between different
contextual motivations and exercise motivation. The sample consisted of
449 exercisers aged between 16 and 53 years. Questionnaires were used to
measure the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, self-determined motivation
and the autotelic experience during exercise. The level of self-determined
motivation regarding health, leisure and interpersonal relationships was
also measured. The results of the structural equation modeling demonstrated
that basic psychological needs and self-determined motivations about health
and leisure positively predicted the self-determined motivation to exercise.
Moreover, the self-determined motivation to exercise positively predicted
the autotelic experience. The model was invariant across age, although some
gender differences were found. Specifically, the self-determined motivation
towards health in men did not significantly predict the self-determined
motivation to exercise. These results represent to evaluate the role that
other contextual motivations play in exercise motivation.
Key words: Self-determination theory, health, leisure, interpersonal relationships, autotelic experience. |
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