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Motivation Regarding Physical Exercise among Health Science University Students
Physical exercise and physical activity are inherent and essential agents in the evolution of active life and are associated with promoting health and well-being. This study aimed to examine the types of regulation of motivations and intentionality needed to be physically active in the future in uni...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9180503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35682107 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116524 |
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author | Sánchez-Herrera, Susana Cubero, Javier Feu, Sebastián Durán-Vinagre, Miguel Ángel |
author_facet | Sánchez-Herrera, Susana Cubero, Javier Feu, Sebastián Durán-Vinagre, Miguel Ángel |
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description | Physical exercise and physical activity are inherent and essential agents in the evolution of active life and are associated with promoting health and well-being. This study aimed to examine the types of regulation of motivations and intentionality needed to be physically active in the future in university students from the Health Sciences branch of knowledge. Method: 351 university students with six university degrees in Health Sciences participated, 21.4% of whom were male and 78.6% women (M = 19.32; SD = 4.01). They answered the following questionnaires: “International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)”, “Behavioural Regulation of Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-3)”, and “Intention to be physically active (MIFAU)”. Results: intrinsic motivation and integrated regulation were positively associated (rho = 0.759; p < 0.01), as were integrated and identified codes (rho = 0.645; p < 0.01). When relating the types of motivation regulation and the intention to be physically active, men show a significant difference compared to women. It stands out that physically active people who walk are the most unmotivated (p < 0.01). Conclusions: more self-determined regulations and intentionality to be physically active are related to different physical activity levels and the number of METs. |
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spelling | pubmed-91805032022-06-10 Motivation Regarding Physical Exercise among Health Science University Students Sánchez-Herrera, Susana Cubero, Javier Feu, Sebastián Durán-Vinagre, Miguel Ángel Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Physical exercise and physical activity are inherent and essential agents in the evolution of active life and are associated with promoting health and well-being. This study aimed to examine the types of regulation of motivations and intentionality needed to be physically active in the future in university students from the Health Sciences branch of knowledge. Method: 351 university students with six university degrees in Health Sciences participated, 21.4% of whom were male and 78.6% women (M = 19.32; SD = 4.01). They answered the following questionnaires: “International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)”, “Behavioural Regulation of Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-3)”, and “Intention to be physically active (MIFAU)”. Results: intrinsic motivation and integrated regulation were positively associated (rho = 0.759; p < 0.01), as were integrated and identified codes (rho = 0.645; p < 0.01). When relating the types of motivation regulation and the intention to be physically active, men show a significant difference compared to women. It stands out that physically active people who walk are the most unmotivated (p < 0.01). Conclusions: more self-determined regulations and intentionality to be physically active are related to different physical activity levels and the number of METs. MDPI 2022-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9180503/ /pubmed/35682107 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116524 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sánchez-Herrera, Susana Cubero, Javier Feu, Sebastián Durán-Vinagre, Miguel Ángel Motivation Regarding Physical Exercise among Health Science University Students |
title | Motivation Regarding Physical Exercise among Health Science University Students |
title_full | Motivation Regarding Physical Exercise among Health Science University Students |
title_fullStr | Motivation Regarding Physical Exercise among Health Science University Students |
title_full_unstemmed | Motivation Regarding Physical Exercise among Health Science University Students |
title_short | Motivation Regarding Physical Exercise among Health Science University Students |
title_sort | motivation regarding physical exercise among health science university students |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9180503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35682107 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116524 |
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