Motivation Contagion When Instructing Obese Individuals: A Test in Exercise Settings

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Motivation Contagion When Instructing Obese Individuals: A Test in Exercise Settings

We examined motivation contagion in a hypothetical exercise setting. Exercise science students (n = 164) were provided with quotes of hypothetical male and female obese exercisers displaying different quality of motivation to start an exercise program. We used a 3 (exerciser motivation) × 2 (exercis...

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Main Authors:	Ng, J., Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie, Ntoumanis, Nikos
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Human Kinetics 2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34287

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