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Commitment to exercise: the influence of personal, athletic, and psychological characteristics
| Resumo: | This study analyzes whether personal, athletic, and psychological characteristics influence participants’ level of commitment to exercise. The study included 153 participants divided in the adherer group (n = 102) and the dropout group (n = 51). Personal and athletic information, exercise attitudes, perceived behavioral control, intended exercise frequency, goal orientations, behavioral regulation, and expected exercising outcomes were evaluated. The results showed that the participants in the adherer group expressed a greater desire to maintain or increase their weight, had more experience exercising, had greater intrinsic regulation, and assumed more positive and fewer negative exercise expectations. In conclusion, considering the role of personal, athletic, and psychological characteristics seems important in order to prevent abandoning exercise altogether. |
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| Autores principais: | Gomes, António Rui |
| Outros Autores: | Capelão, Tatiana |
| Assunto: | Dropout Exercise Personal and athletic factors Psychological factors Sport psychology Quantitative research Descriptive design Abandono Ejercicio Factores personales y deportivos Factores psicológicos Psicología del deporte Investigación cuantitativa Diseño descriptivo |
| Ano: | 2013 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | This study analyzes whether personal, athletic, and psychological characteristics influence participants’ level of commitment to exercise. The study included 153 participants divided in the adherer group (n = 102) and the dropout group (n = 51). Personal and athletic information, exercise attitudes, perceived behavioral control, intended exercise frequency, goal orientations, behavioral regulation, and expected exercising outcomes were evaluated. The results showed that the participants in the adherer group expressed a greater desire to maintain or increase their weight, had more experience exercising, had greater intrinsic regulation, and assumed more positive and fewer negative exercise expectations. In conclusion, considering the role of personal, athletic, and psychological characteristics seems important in order to prevent abandoning exercise altogether. |
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