The exercise motivation scale: Its multifaceted structure and construct validity

Li, Fuzhong

doi:10.1080/10413209908402953

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“…In the logistic regression, as well as in the other regression analyses reported below, we statistically controlled for age and gender due to the age and gender differences that have been reported in the literature with regard to both the independent and dependent variables of this study (e.g. Li, 1999;Conroy, 2001, Page andFox, 1997;Sallis, 2000). The results showed that the number of relapses in the past five years due to controllable reasons was positively predicted by external regulation and negatively predicted by identified regulation (see Table 2).…”

Section: Predicting Exercise-related Behaviours From Age Gender and mentioning

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The role of self-determined motivation in the understanding of exercise-related behaviours, cognitions and physical self-evaluations

Thøgersen‐Ntoumani

Ntoumanis

2006

Journal of Sports Sciences

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The role of self-determined motivation in the understanding of exercise-related behaviours, cognitions and physical self-evaluations

Thøgersen‐Ntoumani

Ntoumanis

2006

Journal of Sports Sciences

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“…External and introjected regulation are classed as controlled forms of regulation, whereas identified, integrated, and intrinsic regulation are classed as autonomous forms of regulation. Various instruments have been developed to measure regulatory motives for exercise (e.g., Levesque et al, 2007;Li, 1999;Markland & Tobin, 2004). Studies in various populations have related these exercise regulatory motives to exercise participation (reviewed by Ingledew et al, 2009).…”

Section: Markland and Ingledew's (1997) Exercise Motivations Inventormentioning

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Elucidating the roles of motives and gains in exercise participation.

Ingledew

Markland

Strömmer

2014

Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology

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Previous research into the role of exercise motives (what people want from exercise) has overlooked the possible role of gains (what people get) and hence the possible benefits of motive fulfillment (when people get what they want). To redress this imbalance, we examined the additive and interactive effects of motives and subjective gains on exercise-specific outcomes. Young adults (N = 196) completed measures of exercise motives and gains, and exercise behavioral regulation, amount, satisfaction, and intention. Four representative motives/gains were selected: appearance, positive health, challenge, and affiliation. Path analysis was used to test the effects of motives, gains, and their products (the interactive effects) on behavioral regulations, and thereby exercise amount, satisfaction, and intention. Controlled regulation increased with appearance motive, unless appearance gain was high. Controlled regulation had a negative effect on exercise satisfaction. Autonomous regulation increased with positive health motive, provided positive health gain was high; with challenge motive and gain; and with affiliation motive. Autonomous regulation had positive effects on exercise amount, satisfaction, and intention. The study corroborates previous findings about the effects of motives. It establishes the value of also studying gains, as moderators of the effects of motives, and in their own right. The findings are interpretable in terms of self-determination theory. Exercise promotion could be more effective if it focused on gains in conjunction with motives.

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“…2 The notion of intrinsic regulation has been conceptualized within the BREQ in a manner consistent with Deci and Ryan's (1985) theorizing. Recent research (Li, 1999) and commentary (Vallerand, 1999) propose a multidimensional conception of intrinsic motivation. Although this notion is appealing, these contentions have yet to be systematically evaluated in the physical domain and represent an extension of SDT's multidimensional extrinsic motivation continuum.…”

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Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire

Wilson

Rodgers

Fraser

2002

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

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The purpose of this study was to examine select psychometric properties of the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ; Mullen, Markland, & Ingledew, 1997). To accomplish this aim, data were gathered in 2 phases to evaluate the BREQ's factorial composition and structure and the relation between the BREQ, need satisfaction, exercise behavior, and relevant motivational constructs. Participants completed measures assessing psychological need satisfaction, optimism, perceived behavioral control, exercise behavior, and the BREQ. Phase 1 results supported the original 4-factor measurement model and a simplex model of structural relations between latent BREQ constructs suggested within self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985), and results supported the positive relations between more self-determined motives and greater psychological need satisfaction and frequent exercise behavior. Phase 2 results provided further construct validity evidence for the BREQ by linking subscale scores with greater perceived behavioral control in a manner consistent with theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985). Collectively, these results further support the construct validity of the BREQ and lend credence to the notion of measuring exercise motivation from a multidimensional perspective using self-determination theory as a guiding framework in the exercise domain.

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The exercise motivation scale: Its multifaceted structure and construct validity

Cited by 145 publications

References 17 publications

The role of self-determined motivation in the understanding of exercise-related behaviours, cognitions and physical self-evaluations

The role of self-determined motivation in the understanding of exercise-related behaviours, cognitions and physical self-evaluations

Elucidating the roles of motives and gains in exercise participation.

Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire

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