TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between the environment and physical activity-related motivational trajectories
AU - Gidney, Georgia
AU - Bocarro, Jason N.
AU - Bunds, Kyle
AU - Koenigstorfer, Joerg
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2024/11
Y1 - 2024/11
N2 - The study explores motivational profiles for physical activity, using self-determination theory's full continuum of motivational regulations, and examines their stability over three months. Furthermore, it investigates whether physical environment and community characteristics are associated with transitioning between profiles, as well as the sociodemographic differences in these motivational transition pathways. Data were collected from 305 U.S. residents at three time points. The three profiles—‘low in motivation’ (23.5 % of the sample in wave 1), ‘self-determined motivation’ (41.4 %), and ‘ambivalent motivation’ (35.0 %)—were relatively stable. Staying in the low-in-motivation profile was negatively associated with being active in social settings, community support, perceived environmental restorativeness, and availability of physical activity opportunities. Having a higher education and income, being male, employed, married or in a partnership, and identifying as White were associated with being in a motivationally positive profile in the last wave of the study. These profiles reported higher activity and life satisfaction.
AB - The study explores motivational profiles for physical activity, using self-determination theory's full continuum of motivational regulations, and examines their stability over three months. Furthermore, it investigates whether physical environment and community characteristics are associated with transitioning between profiles, as well as the sociodemographic differences in these motivational transition pathways. Data were collected from 305 U.S. residents at three time points. The three profiles—‘low in motivation’ (23.5 % of the sample in wave 1), ‘self-determined motivation’ (41.4 %), and ‘ambivalent motivation’ (35.0 %)—were relatively stable. Staying in the low-in-motivation profile was negatively associated with being active in social settings, community support, perceived environmental restorativeness, and availability of physical activity opportunities. Having a higher education and income, being male, employed, married or in a partnership, and identifying as White were associated with being in a motivationally positive profile in the last wave of the study. These profiles reported higher activity and life satisfaction.
KW - Health behavior
KW - Motivation
KW - Neighborhood environment
KW - Physical activity environment
KW - Self-determination theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85202557599&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102719
DO - 10.1016/j.psychsport.2024.102719
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85202557599
SN - 1469-0292
VL - 75
JO - Psychology of Sport and Exercise
JF - Psychology of Sport and Exercise
M1 - 102719
ER -