Abstract
s / Can J Diabetes 39 (2015) 169e171 171 study aims to bring a different point of view regarding the role of motivation in the prediction of PA practice, it also aims to show the importance of PA accessibility. It was first expected that higher PA accessibility would predict higher frequency of PA practice. It was also expected that motivation would moderate this relation. In other words, PA accessibility should be associated with a higher frequency of PA practice when motivation is higher. Four hundred twenty-eight T2D individuals (n1⁄4210 women), with a mean age of 63 years (S.D. 1⁄4 .40) participated in this study. Results of a regression analysis showed that PA accessibility predicts time spent practicing PA and that this relation is moderated by autonomous motivation, F(3, 425) 1⁄4 33.89, p<.001. These results suggest that PA accessibility is an important factor to consider when studying PA practice within a T2D population, although its effect depends on autonomous motivation level toward PA practice. Future studies should examine if the relationship between PA accessibility and frequency of PA practice is also moderated by autonomous motivation when objective measures of PA are used, as pedometers or accelerometers.
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