Decisional balance, motivation and exercise enjoyment in a Mexican population sample

The aim of the present study was to examine the role of decisional balance and different types of motivation in predicting exercise enjoyment in a sample of 419 participants from the metropolitan area of Monterrey (Mexico), aged between 18 and 55 (Mage= 31.02 years; SD = 11.32; 50.1% males). A hiera...

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Autores: Zamarripa, Jorge, Marentes-Castillo, Maria, Castillo, Isabel|||0000-0001-6821-4038, Delgado, Maritza, Álvarez Solves, Octavio|||0000-0002-6388-8030
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:178009
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/178009
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Decisional balance
Self-determination
Exercise
Enjoyment
Balance decisional
Auto-determinación
Disfrute
Ejercicio
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Resumo:The aim of the present study was to examine the role of decisional balance and different types of motivation in predicting exercise enjoyment in a sample of 419 participants from the metropolitan area of Monterrey (Mexico), aged between 18 and 55 (Mage= 31.02 years; SD = 11.32; 50.1% males). A hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to predict exercise enjoyment. Results indicated that decisional balance predicted 26% of exercise enjoyment variance, adding the different types of motivation a 15% of the variance (total R2 = .41). In conclusion, self-determined motivation makes a significant contribution to the prediction of exercise enjoyment by decisional balance.