Chair of Sport and Health Management, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Psychol Sport Exerc. 2024 Nov;75:102719. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102719. Epub 2024 Aug 23.
The study explores motivational profiles for physical activity, using self-determination theory's full continuum of motivational regulations, and examines their stability over three months. Furthermore, it investigates whether physical environment and community characteristics are associated with transitioning between profiles, as well as the sociodemographic differences in these motivational transition pathways. Data were collected from 305 U.S. residents at three time points. The three profiles-'low in motivation' (23.5 % of the sample in wave 1), 'self-determined motivation' (41.4 %), and 'ambivalent motivation' (35.0 %)-were relatively stable. Staying in the low-in-motivation profile was negatively associated with being active in social settings, community support, perceived environmental restorativeness, and availability of physical activity opportunities. Having a higher education and income, being male, employed, married or in a partnership, and identifying as White were associated with being in a motivationally positive profile in the last wave of the study. These profiles reported higher activity and life satisfaction.
本研究运用自我决定理论的动机连续体，探讨了身体活动的动机特征，并考察了它们在三个月内的稳定性。此外，还研究了物理环境和社区特征是否与从一种动机特征向另一种动机特征的转变有关，以及这些动机转变途径在社会人口统计学方面的差异。研究数据来自三个时间点的 305 名美国居民。三个特征分别是：“低动机”（第 1 波样本的 23.5%）、“自我决定动机”（41.4%）和“矛盾动机”（35.0%），它们相对稳定。停留在低动机特征与积极参与社交活动、社区支持、感知环境恢复力以及体育活动机会的可用性呈负相关。在研究的最后一波，具有较高的教育程度和收入、男性、就业、已婚或处于伴侣关系、以及自认为是白人，与处于积极的动机特征相关。这些特征报告了更高的活动和生活满意度。
