Holtley-Weber, J. (Jorim) (2018) Which Motives for Physical Exercise Relate to Vitality in Leisure Runners? thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
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We aimed to reveal which motives for running were most related to vitality. For that, we used the self-determination theory as a framework. Our participants were Portuguese leisure long-distance runners aged between 18 and 62. The cross-sectional data of the project Keep On Running were analysed; specifically the relations between motives for running, basic needs satisfaction, and vitality. Basic needs satisfaction was hypothesised to mediate the relation of the motives of psychological coping, self-esteem, life meaning, general health orientation, affiliation, and personal goal achievement with vitality. The results showed mentioned motives, except psychological coping and general health orientation, to correlate with vitality (Rs ≥ .19; p < .05) and basic needs satisfaction to mediate the relation of these motives with vitality (Sobel test p-values ≤ .02). These findings support the proposition of intrinsic and self-determined motives to relate to vitality and the proposition of basic needs satisfaction mediating this relation. Given the general framework of the self-determination theory, the findings might generalise to other sports and areas. Keywords: exercise motives, basic psychological needs, vitality, well-being, self-determination theory
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Teixeira, P. and Hartman, dr. E. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 06 May 2022 12:01 |
| Last Modified: | 06 May 2022 12:01 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3238 |
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