Physical Activity Motivation in Late Adolescence: Refinement of a Recent Multidimensional Model

• Autores: Andrew J. Martin
• Localización: Research quarterly for exercise and sport, ISSN 0270-1367, Vol. 81, Nº. 3, 2010, págs. 278-289
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Recent research (Martin et al., 2006) presented a new, multidimensional approach to physical activity motivation (using the Physical Activity Motivation Scale [PAMS]) operationalized through four factors:

    adaptive cognition, adaptive behavior, impeding/maladaptive cognition, and maladaptive behavior. The present study extends this early research by recruiting a larger sample of 705 young people, in late adolescence, using a shortened form of PAMS (PAMS-Revised), and including physical and nonphysical correlates as a means of better understanding its validity. Findings confirmed a sound four-factor framework comprising reliable factors. Findings also demonstrated hypothesized relations between physical activity motivation and physical correlates and, to a lesser extent, between physical activity motivation and more general life correlates.