School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
J Sport Exerc Psychol. 2011 Aug;33(4):569-85. doi: 10.1123/jsep.33.4.569.
This study examined the effect of motivational primes on participants (N = 171) during a cycling task. Relative to participants primed with a controlled motivational orientation, it was hypothesized that participants primed for autonomous motivation would report greater feelings of enjoyment, effort, and choice in relation to the cycling activity and report greater exercise intentions. Members of the autonomous prime group were expected to exercise for longer, at a greater percentage of their heart rate maximum, and report lower levels of perceived exertion than those in the controlled prime condition. It was found that, relative to participants in the controlled prime group, those who received the autonomous prime enjoyed the exercise more, exercised at a greater percentage of heart rate maximum, and reported a lower rating of perceived exertion. Furthermore, participants experiencing the controlled prime exercised for less time and had lower intentions to exercise than did other participants. Results highlight the importance of automatic processes in activating motivation for exercise.
本研究考察了激励暗示对骑自行车任务中参与者（N=171）的影响。与接受控制性动机导向暗示的参与者相比，研究假设接受自主动机导向暗示的参与者在与骑车活动相关的活动中会报告更高的享受感、投入感和自主感，并报告更强的锻炼意愿。自主激励组的成员预计会进行更长时间的运动，达到最大心率的更大百分比，并报告比控制性激励条件下更低的感知疲劳程度。结果发现，与控制性激励组的参与者相比，接受自主激励的参与者更喜欢运动，运动时达到的最大心率百分比更高，感知疲劳程度的评分也更低。此外，经历控制性激励的参与者运动时间更短，锻炼意愿也低于其他参与者。研究结果强调了自动过程在激发锻炼动机方面的重要性。
