It Is Not Just a Matter of Motivation: The Role of Self-Control in Promoting Physical Activity in Older Adults—A Bayesian Mediation Model
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Procedure
2.2. Participants
2.3. Measures
2.3.1. Brief Self-Control Scale
2.3.2. Leisure Motivation Scale
2.3.3. International Physical Activity Questionnaire
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Relationships among Motivation, Trait Self-Control, and Exercise
4.2. Practical Considerations and Future Directions
4.3. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Type of Motivation | Effect of Motivation on TSC (a) | Effect of TSC on TSPA (b) | Direct Effect of Motivation on TSPA (c′) | Total Effect (c) | Indirect Effect (ab) |
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Intrinsic Motivation | 0.079 * [0.039, 0.118] | 0.352 * [0.304, 0.404] | 0.021 * [0.001, 0.043] | 0.048 * [0.024, 0.074] | 0.028 * [0.014, 0.043] |
Extrinsic Motivation | 0.078 * [0.030, 0.126] | 0.357 * [0.307, 0.408] | 0.013 [−0.013, 0.037]) | 0.041 * [0.006, 0.072] | 0.027 * [0.011, 0.046] |
Amotivation | −0.508 * [−0.662, −0.345] | 0.317 * [0.269, 0.366] | −0.281 * [−0.368, −0.194] | −0.442 * [−0.540, −0.345] | −0.161 * [−0.221, −0.105] |
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Camp, N.; Vagnetti, R.; Penner, S.; Ramos, C.; Hunter, K.; Hough, J.; Magistro, D. It Is Not Just a Matter of Motivation: The Role of Self-Control in Promoting Physical Activity in Older Adults—A Bayesian Mediation Model. Healthcare 2024, 12, 1663. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12161663
Camp N, Vagnetti R, Penner S, Ramos C, Hunter K, Hough J, Magistro D. It Is Not Just a Matter of Motivation: The Role of Self-Control in Promoting Physical Activity in Older Adults—A Bayesian Mediation Model. Healthcare. 2024; 12(16):1663. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12161663
Chicago/Turabian StyleCamp, Nicola, Roberto Vagnetti, Samuel Penner, Catarina Ramos, Kirsty Hunter, John Hough, and Daniele Magistro. 2024. "It Is Not Just a Matter of Motivation: The Role of Self-Control in Promoting Physical Activity in Older Adults—A Bayesian Mediation Model" Healthcare 12, no. 16: 1663. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12161663