TY - JOUR
T1 - Motivos de los ciudadanos para realizar ejercicio físico
T2 - Un estudio desde la teoría de la autodeterminación
AU - Sicilia, Álvaro
AU - González-Cutre, David
AU - Artés, Eva M.
AU - Orta, Antonio
AU - Casimiro, Antonio J.
AU - Ferriz, Roberto
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2012, Konrad Lorenz University Foundation.
PY - 2014/5/1
Y1 - 2014/5/1
N2 - Based on self-determination theory, the objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between the reasons for exercise and its reported weekly frequency in a representative sample of an adult urban population. A total of 918 inhabitants, aged between 16 and 89, participated in this study answering the Spanish version of the Exercise Motivations Inventory-2 (EMI-2) and reporting on their exercise frequency. Controlling for the infuence of age and gender, multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed that participants who reported the highest exercise frequency had the highest score on both self-determined and controlling exercise motives, except the ill-health avoidance motive. The results support propositions of self-determination theory, and suggest that citizens may internalize exercise behaviour as they become more physically active. However, the results also suggest that some controlling motives are pertinent to exercise. Decision makers of the local sport policy should look into suitable ways of combining both controlling motives and more internalized motives in order to produce long lasting exercise adherence in citizens.
AB - Based on self-determination theory, the objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between the reasons for exercise and its reported weekly frequency in a representative sample of an adult urban population. A total of 918 inhabitants, aged between 16 and 89, participated in this study answering the Spanish version of the Exercise Motivations Inventory-2 (EMI-2) and reporting on their exercise frequency. Controlling for the infuence of age and gender, multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) showed that participants who reported the highest exercise frequency had the highest score on both self-determined and controlling exercise motives, except the ill-health avoidance motive. The results support propositions of self-determination theory, and suggest that citizens may internalize exercise behaviour as they become more physically active. However, the results also suggest that some controlling motives are pertinent to exercise. Decision makers of the local sport policy should look into suitable ways of combining both controlling motives and more internalized motives in order to produce long lasting exercise adherence in citizens.
KW - Adherence to exercise
KW - Municipal sport policy
KW - Reasons for exercising
KW - Self-determined motivation
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U2 - 10.1016/s0120-0534(14)70011-1
DO - 10.1016/s0120-0534(14)70011-1
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84924325084
SN - 0120-0534
VL - 46
SP - 83
EP - 91
JO - Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia
JF - Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia
IS - 2
ER -