Motivation for different physical activities: a comparison among sports, exercises and body/movement practices

Autores

  • Rafael Ming Chi Santos Hsu Universidade de São Paulo-USP
  • Jaroslava Varella Valentova Universidade de São Paulo-USP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6564e190153

Palavras-chave:

motivations, sport, exercise, body/movement practice.

Resumo

Despite the well-known benefits for health, low levels of physical activity (PA) remain a public health issue. Research on motives for engaging in different PA shows differences in motives for Sports and Exercises. However, few studies addressed motives using more categories of PA. In this research, we investigated motives for four categories of PA (Individual Sports, Collective Sports, Exercises, and Body/Movement Practices), and possible effects of sex and age among 1,420 physically active individuals. Respondents answered the Motivation for Physical Activity Measure Revised. Intrinsic motives were higher for Sports, while Exercisers were motivated more extrinsically. Body/Movement Practices, although being composed of several activities defined by previous studies as Exercises, showed a motivational pattern closer to Sports. Fitness/Health motivation increased with age, while Appearance motivation decreased. Regarding sex, women reported higher Interest/ Enjoyment than men. Our results can have implications for physical activities promotion, especially considering more categories than Sports/Exercises in the context of different motives.

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Biografia do Autor

  • Rafael Ming Chi Santos Hsu, Universidade de São Paulo-USP

    Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Psicologia, Department of Experimental Psychology, São Paulo, Brazil

  • Jaroslava Varella Valentova, Universidade de São Paulo-USP

    Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Psicologia, Department of Experimental Psychology, São Paulo, Brazil

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Publicado

2022-09-19

Edição

v. 31 (2020)

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Motivation for different physical activities: a comparison among sports, exercises and body/movement practices. (2022). Psicologia USP, 31, e190153. https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6564e190153