Relations between autonomous motivation and leisure-time physical activity participation: The mediating role of self-regulation techniques
© 2016 Human Kinetics, Inc. This study tested the predictive validity of a multitheory process model in which the effect of autonomous motivation from self-determination theory on physical activity participation is mediated by the adoption of self-regulatory techniques based on control theory. Finni...
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| author | Nurmi, J. Hagger, Martin Haukkala, A. Araújo-Soares, V. Hankonen, N. |
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| description | © 2016 Human Kinetics, Inc. This study tested the predictive validity of a multitheory process model in which the effect of autonomous motivation from self-determination theory on physical activity participation is mediated by the adoption of self-regulatory techniques based on control theory. Finnish adolescents (N = 411, aged 17-19) completed a prospective survey including validated measures of the predictors and physical activity, at baseline and after one month (N = 177). A subsample used an accelerometer to objectively measure physical activity and further validate the physical activity self-report assessment tool (n = 44). Autonomous motivation statistically significantly predicted action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. Coping planning and self-monitoring mediated the effect of autonomous motivation on physical activity, although self-monitoring was the most prominent. Controlled motivation had no effect on self-regulation techniques or physical activity. Developing interventions that support autonomous motivation for physical activity may foster increased engagement in self-regulation techniques and positively affect physical activity behavior. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-43522018-09-06T00:29:38Z Relations between autonomous motivation and leisure-time physical activity participation: The mediating role of self-regulation techniques Nurmi, J. Hagger, Martin Haukkala, A. Araújo-Soares, V. Hankonen, N. © 2016 Human Kinetics, Inc. This study tested the predictive validity of a multitheory process model in which the effect of autonomous motivation from self-determination theory on physical activity participation is mediated by the adoption of self-regulatory techniques based on control theory. Finnish adolescents (N = 411, aged 17-19) completed a prospective survey including validated measures of the predictors and physical activity, at baseline and after one month (N = 177). A subsample used an accelerometer to objectively measure physical activity and further validate the physical activity self-report assessment tool (n = 44). Autonomous motivation statistically significantly predicted action planning, coping planning, and self-monitoring. Coping planning and self-monitoring mediated the effect of autonomous motivation on physical activity, although self-monitoring was the most prominent. Controlled motivation had no effect on self-regulation techniques or physical activity. Developing interventions that support autonomous motivation for physical activity may foster increased engagement in self-regulation techniques and positively affect physical activity behavior. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4352 10.1123/jsep.2015-0222 Human Kinetics fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Nurmi, J. Hagger, Martin Haukkala, A. Araújo-Soares, V. Hankonen, N. Relations between autonomous motivation and leisure-time physical activity participation: The mediating role of self-regulation techniques |
| title | Relations between autonomous motivation and leisure-time physical activity participation: The mediating role of self-regulation techniques |
| title_full | Relations between autonomous motivation and leisure-time physical activity participation: The mediating role of self-regulation techniques |
| title_fullStr | Relations between autonomous motivation and leisure-time physical activity participation: The mediating role of self-regulation techniques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relations between autonomous motivation and leisure-time physical activity participation: The mediating role of self-regulation techniques |
| title_short | Relations between autonomous motivation and leisure-time physical activity participation: The mediating role of self-regulation techniques |
| title_sort | relations between autonomous motivation and leisure-time physical activity participation: the mediating role of self-regulation techniques |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4352 |