Patrick Gallagher1, William S Yancy2, Kevin Swartout3, Jaap J A Denissen4, Anja Kühnel5, Corrine I Voils6. 1. Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton St. (152), Durham, NC, USA 27705. Electronic address: matthew.gallagher@altisource.com. 2. Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton St. (152), Durham, NC, USA 27705; Duke University Medical Center, USA. Electronic address: yancy006@mc.duke.edu. 3. Georgia State University, Department of Psychology, 140 Decatur Street, Suite 1108, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. Electronic address: kswartout@gsu.edu. 4. Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, Warandelaan 2, Prisma building, room P209a, Netherlands. Electronic address: jjadenissen@gmail.com. 5. Free University Berlin, Department of Experimental Psychology/Neuropsychology, Room JK 27/206, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: anja.kuehnel@fu-berlin.de. 6. Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton St. (152), Durham, NC, USA 27705; Duke University Medical Center, USA. Electronic address: corrine.voils@duke.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine relationships between health goals, types of motivation for those goals, and daily leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), and whether these relationships differ by age or sex. METHODS: From 2005 to 2008, 710 participants in and around Berlin, Germany provided life goals and motivational attributes of those goals at baseline, then reported LTPA daily for 25 days. RESULTS: Having (vs. not having) a goal of physical health predicted higher odds of engaging in LTPA for younger but not older participants (under age 30; OR=1.26, p=0.048), and was not related to duration of LTPA episodes. Effect of intrinsic motivation for the health goal differed by sex: for females, higher intrinsic motivation predicted higher odds of LTPA (OR=1.19, p=0.001), but was not related to duration. For males, higher intrinsic motivation predicted lower LTPA odds marginally (OR=0.70, p=0.054) but predicted longer duration (estimate=18.27 min, p<0.001). More approach motivation for the health goal predicted longer duration of LTPA episodes (0.67 min, p=0.022). CONCLUSIONS: One size does not fit all in LTPA intervention design. Future research should identify the mechanisms by which health goals and motivations affect health behavior. Published by Elsevier Inc.
OBJECTIVE: To examine relationships between health goals, types of motivation for those goals, and daily leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), and whether these relationships differ by age or sex. METHODS: From 2005 to 2008, 710 participants in and around Berlin, Germany provided life goals and motivational attributes of those goals at baseline, then reported LTPA daily for 25 days. RESULTS: Having (vs. not having) a goal of physical health predicted higher odds of engaging in LTPA for younger but not older participants (under age 30; OR=1.26, p=0.048), and was not related to duration of LTPA episodes. Effect of intrinsic motivation for the health goal differed by sex: for females, higher intrinsic motivation predicted higher odds of LTPA (OR=1.19, p=0.001), but was not related to duration. For males, higher intrinsic motivation predicted lower LTPA odds marginally (OR=0.70, p=0.054) but predicted longer duration (estimate=18.27 min, p<0.001). More approach motivation for the health goal predicted longer duration of LTPA episodes (0.67 min, p=0.022). CONCLUSIONS: One size does not fit all in LTPA intervention design. Future research should identify the mechanisms by which health goals and motivations affect health behavior. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Authors: José-Antonio Cecchini-Estrada; Antonio Méndez-Giménez; Christian Cecchini; Michael Moulton; Celestino Rodríguez Journal: Int J Clin Health Psychol Date: 2015-06-07