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Domain-specific physical activity and affective wellbeing among adolescents: an observational study of the moderating roles of autonomous and controlled motivation

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, September 2018
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Title
Domain-specific physical activity and affective wellbeing among adolescents: an observational study of the moderating roles of autonomous and controlled motivation
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, September 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12966-018-0722-0
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Rhiannon Lee White, Philip D. Parker, David R. Lubans, Freya MacMillan, Rebecca Olson, Thomas Astell-Burt, Chris Lonsdale

Abstract

Abundant evidence demonstrates a relationship between physical activity and mental wellbeing. However, the strength of the relationship is not consistent. Factors contributing to variation in the strength of association are not well understood and, therefore, it remains difficult to optimize physical activity to ensure the strongest possible relationship with mental health. Self-determination theory suggests that more autonomously motivated behaviors lead to better mental health outcomes, when compared to more controlled behaviors. Therefore, we examined whether autonomous and controlled motivation moderated the relationships between physical activity and affective wellbeing within two domains (i.e., leisure-time and active travel). Between February and April 2014, adolescents (N = 1632, M age = 12.94 years, SD = 0.54, 55% male) wore an accelerometer across seven-days and completed self-report measures of leisure-time physical activity and active travel. They also completed two measures of motivation (towards leisure-time physical activity and active travel) and an affective wellbeing measure. Structural equation modeling revealed that greater self-reported leisure-time physical activity was associated with greater positive affect (β = .29) and less negative affect (β = -.19) and that motivation did not moderate these relationships. Self-reported active travel had no linear relationship with affective wellbeing, and motivation did not moderate these relationships. Accelerometer-measured leisure-time physical activity had no relationship with positive affect but, had a weak inverse association with negative affect (β = -.09), and neither relationship was moderated by motivation. Accelerometer-measured active travel had no association with positive affect; however, autonomous motivation significantly moderated this association such that active travel had a positive association with positive affect when autonomous motivation was high (β = .09), but a negative association when autonomous motivation was low (β = -.07). Accelerometer-measured active travel had no association with negative affect. Despite some significant moderation effects, motivation did not consistently moderate the relationship between all physical activity variables (leisure-time and active travel, and self-report and accelerometer) and affective outcomes. Tailoring physical activity interventions and guidelines to prioritize leisure-time ahead of other life domains could benefit wellbeing. Promoting autonomous participation in active travel may also be associated with increased wellbeing among adolescents.

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Unknown 167 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 14%
Student > Master 22 13%
Student > Bachelor 15 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 7%
Researcher 11 7%
Other 26 16%
Unknown 57 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 26 16%
Psychology 19 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 10%
Social Sciences 15 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 12 7%
Other 17 10%
Unknown 62 37%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. 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 07 October 2020.
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#2,347,086
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#884
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#50,790
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#23
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