Poirier Sébastien, Trudeau François, Houle Julie
Département des sciences de la santé, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, CANADA.
Département des sciences de l'activité physique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, CANADA.
Int J Exerc Sci. 2024 Dec 1;17(5):1504-1516. doi: 10.70252/INVF3871. eCollection 2024.
Several studies have highlighted the importance of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) for the health and performance of law enforcement officers. Nevertheless, a considerable proportion of officers still fail to engage in any LTPA. There is a clear need to identify correlates of physical activity among this specific occupational group to help the design of workplace physical activity interventions. Rooted in the self-determination theory, this study seeks to assess the LTPA level of police cadets and examine its relationship with the different regulatory forms of motivation. In this cross-sectional study, 188 police cadets completed a survey assessing their LTPA level and motivational regulation for physical activity. On average, police cadets reported 395 ± 192 minutes/week of physical activity. Only 12 participants (6.4%) reported physical activity levels lower than the usually recommended minimum levels of 150 minutes/week. Overall, autonomous forms of regulation were by far the most endorsed by police cadets. Finally, LTPA was positively associated with intrinsic regulation (rs = 0.46), identified regulation (rs = 0.30), and introjected regulation (rs = 0.20). To our knowledge, this study is the first to use a theoretical framework to assess the relationship between LTPA and motivation in police cadets. Our results suggest that police cadets are highly active and mainly driven to engage in LTPA through autonomous motivations. The present study highlights the importance of fostering autonomous regulation for physical activity throughout the training of cadets.
多项研究强调了休闲体育活动（LTPA）对执法人员健康和工作表现的重要性。然而，仍有相当一部分执法人员未参与任何休闲体育活动。显然有必要确定这一特定职业群体体育活动的相关因素，以帮助设计工作场所的体育活动干预措施。本研究以自我决定理论为基础，旨在评估警校学员的休闲体育活动水平，并考察其与不同调节形式动机之间的关系。在这项横断面研究中，188名警校学员完成了一项调查，评估他们的休闲体育活动水平和体育活动的动机调节情况。警校学员平均每周报告的体育活动时间为395±192分钟。只有12名参与者（6.4%）报告的体育活动水平低于通常建议的每周150分钟的最低水平。总体而言，自主调节形式是警校学员最认可的。最后，休闲体育活动与内在调节（rs = 0.46）、认同调节（rs = 0.30）和内摄调节（rs = 0.20）呈正相关。据我们所知，本研究是首次使用理论框架评估警校学员休闲体育活动与动机之间关系的研究。我们的结果表明，警校学员非常活跃，参与休闲体育活动主要是受自主动机驱动。本研究强调了在学员培训过程中培养体育活动自主调节的重要性。
