Motivational Regulations Across the Stages of Change for Exercise in the General Population of Monterrey (Mexico).

Jorge Zamarripa,Isabel Castillo,Octavio Álvarez,Maritza Delgado,Raúl Baños

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02368

Abstract

Few studies have examined exercise adherence in the Mexican population using self-determination theory proposals and the stages of change model. The objectives of this study were:(a) to translate and adapt the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-3 (BREQ-3) to Mexican Spanish and examine its internal consistency and factorial structure (six dimensions); and (b) to analyse variations in behavioral regulations using the stages of change model. This study included 530 participants between 11 and 76 years old who lived in the metropolitan area of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The Mexican version of the BREQ-3 presented an acceptable six-factor model that agrees with the theory and has good internal consistency. Results showed that the less self-determined regulations (i.e., external and amotivation) predominated in the first stages of change (i.e., pre-contemplation and contemplation) and decreased in the last stages (i.e., action and maintenance); by contrast, the more self-determined regulations (i.e., intrinsic, integrated, and identified) predominated in the last stages (i.e., action and maintenance) and were lower in the first stages (i.e., pre-contemplation and contemplation). Linking these two theoretical constructs contributes to understanding physical exercise adherence.

Highlights

Being physically inactive is a major health risk factor that has been well-documented in the literature
Self-determination theory (SDT; Deci and Ryan, 1985, 2002) is one of the most widely studied theoretical constructs in recent years in different contexts (Vallerand et al, 2008), including physical exercise contexts. This theory suggests that individuals can be involved in an activity for Motivational Regulations Across the Stages of Change different reasons or motives, and these reasons can be detected as motivational regulations that are more or less self-determined
Standard deviations, skewness and kurtosis of Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-3 (BREQ-3) items are displayed in Table 2, demonstrating acceptable normality of score distribution

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Introduction

Being physically inactive is a major health risk factor that has been well-documented in the literature. Self-determination theory (SDT; Deci and Ryan, 1985, 2002) is one of the most widely studied theoretical constructs in recent years in different contexts (Vallerand et al, 2008), including physical exercise contexts. This theory suggests that individuals can be involved in an activity for Motivational Regulations Across the Stages of Change different reasons or motives, and these reasons can be detected as motivational regulations that are more or less self-determined (autonomous). These behavioral regulations are labeled intrinsic regulation, integrated regulation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, external regulation, and amotivation

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