Abstract
Motivation and Habit Formation: An Exploration of Rock Climbing and Its Implications for Exercise Participation
Highlights
Only 23% of adults satisfy exercise guidelines proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) [1]
Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) addresses the impact of motivation upon habituation [7], while Self-Determination Theory (SDT) delineates a motivation continuum applicable to exercise participation [812]
Forty-one patrons (19 men and 22 women) of an indoor rock climbing gym in the south eastern United States participated in an online Qualtrics survey
Summary
Only 23% of adults satisfy exercise guidelines proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) [1]. Given the known health benefits and increasing availability of rock climbing, participation in rock climbing as a means of exercise should be strongly encouraged [2,3,4]. Personal factors, such as motivation and habituation, are crucial to establishing habits and maintaining physical activity [5,6]. MOHO addresses the impact of motivation upon habituation [7], while SDT delineates a motivation continuum applicable to exercise participation [812]. SDT categorizes motivation on a spectrum from most to least autonomous: intrinsic regulation, integrated regulation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, external regulation, and nonregulation [13]
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