Influence of goal contents on exercise intention inadolescents: The importance of aspiring to develop skills
Building upon self-determination theory, this research was aimed at analysing the influence of specific intrinsic (i.e., social affiliation, health management and skill development) and extrinsic (i.e., image and social recognition) goals on the intention to exercise in adolescents. A total of 282 h...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM) |
| Repositorio: | RIUCAM. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ucam.edu:10952/5624 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10952/5624 https://doi.org/10.12800/ccd.v17i52.1615 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Goal content Motivation Motives Adolescence Physical activity Meta Actividad física Adolescencia Motivos Motivación |
| Sumario: | Building upon self-determination theory, this research was aimed at analysing the influence of specific intrinsic (i.e., social affiliation, health management and skill development) and extrinsic (i.e., image and social recognition) goals on the intention to exercise in adolescents. A total of 282 high and middle school students (146 men and 136 women; Mage = 14.54, SDage = 1.57), completed a questionnaire comprising instruments assessing goal contents in the exercise domain as well as exercise frequency during the last six months and their intention to be physically active. The hypothesized relationships were tested through a regression and moderation analysis using the PROCESS macro for SPSS and a 5000-resamples bootstrapping technique. Results revealed that, among the five goal contents, the one related to skills development emerged as the only one with a likely differential predictive capacity on the intention to be physically active, with this relationship being stronger in girls compared to boys. The evidence from this study suggests that encouraging goals related to skills development may increase the intention toward leisure-time exercise in adolescent population. |
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