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Stirring the motivational soup: within-person latent profiles of motivation in exercise

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, January 2017
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Title
Stirring the motivational soup: within-person latent profiles of motivation in exercise
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, January 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12966-017-0464-4
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Magnus Lindwall, Andreas Ivarsson, Karin Weman-Josefsson, Linus Jonsson, Nikos Ntoumanis, Heather Patrick, Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani, David Markland, Pedro Teixeira

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to use a person-oriented analytical approach to identify latent motivational profiles, based on the different behavioural regulations for exercise, and to examine differences in satisfaction of basic psychological needs (competence, autonomy and relatedness) and exercise behaviour across these motivational profiles. Two samples, consisting of 1084 and 511 adults respectively, completed exercise-related measures of behavioural regulation and psychological need satisfaction as well as exercise behaviour. Latent profile analyses were used to identify motivational profiles. Six profiles, representing different combinations of regulations for exercise, were found to best represent data in both samples. Some profiles were found in both samples (e.g., low motivation profile, self-determined motivation profile and self-determined with high introjected regulation profile), whereas others were unique to each sample. In line with the Self-Determination Theory, individuals belonging to more self-determined profiles demonstrated higher scores on need satisfaction. The results support the notions of motivation being a multidimensional construct and that people have different, sometimes competing, reasons for engaging in exercise. The benefits of using person-oriented analyses to examine within-person interactions of motivation and different regulations are discussed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 84 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 20%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 10%
Student > Master 7 8%
Researcher 5 6%
Student > Bachelor 5 6%
Other 18 21%
Unknown 24 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 18 21%
Sports and Recreations 11 13%
Social Sciences 9 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 5%
Other 10 12%
Unknown 26 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 30. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 September 2019.
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#1,167,772
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Outputs from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#429
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#26,340
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#10
of 31 outputs
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