Associations among physical activity tracking, physical activity motivation and level of physical activity in young adults

Whether physical activity (PA) tracking devices are associated with PA motivation in young adults is largely unknown. We compared total PA minutes per week, total minutes walking/week, meeting moderate-to vigorous PA guidelines, and past-year activity tracking across motivation cluster profiles amon...

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Published inJournal of health psychology Vol. 27; no. 8; pp. 1833 - 1845
Main Authors O’Loughlin, Erin K, Sabiston, Catherine M, deJonge, Melissa L, Lucibello, Kristen M, O’Loughlin, Jennifer L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2022
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Exercise
Motivation
Physical activity
Tracking
Walking
Young adults
PA
behavior regulation
activity tracking
self-determination
young adults
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Summary:Whether physical activity (PA) tracking devices are associated with PA motivation in young adults is largely unknown. We compared total PA minutes per week, total minutes walking/week, meeting moderate-to vigorous PA guidelines, and past-year activity tracking across motivation cluster profiles among 799 young adults. Participants with “self-determined” profiles reported the highest total PA minutes/week followed by participants with “low intrinsic,” “controlled self-determined,” and “high external” profiles. A behavior regulation profile X activity tracking frequency interaction was not significant. Behavior regulation profiles may need to be considered in PA interventions using activity trackers.
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ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/13591053211008209