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| Basic psychological needs satisfaction, motivation, and exercise in older adults | | Author(s) | Rena A Kirkland, Nancy J Karlin, Megan Babkes Stellino, Steven Pulos |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation and Aging, vol 35, no 3, July-September 2011 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, July-September 2011 |
| Pages | pp 181-196 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Exercise ; Mental health [elderly] ; Needs [elderly] ; Competence ; Independence ; Life satisfaction ; Theory. |
| Annotation | A predominate motivation theory used to predict exercise behaviour is self-determination theory, which posits that motivation is driven by satisfaction of three basic psychological needs: autonomy, competence and relatedness. This study investigates the relationship between motivation, basic psychological needs satisfaction and exercise in a sample of older adults. Significant differences were found between older adult exercisers and non-exercisers in intrinsic motivation, self-determined extrinsic motivation, non-self-determined extrinsic motivation, autonomy, competence and relatedness. This study suggests that self-determination theory is a suitable framework to investigate older adult exercise behaviours. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130208209 A |
| Classmark | CEA: D: IK: DPB: C3: F:5HH: 4D |
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