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Une étude exploratoire des facteurs psychologiques en lien avec la pratique de l'activité physique et le bien-être
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Walther, Tatiana |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Theoretical context and objectives: Though the physical and mental health benefits of physical activity are well-established, a significant part of the Swiss population is still insufficiently active. Understanding the factors for successfully promoting regular physical activity is key to designing effective intervention strategies in this field. With this objective in mind, this doctorate thesis explores the relations between physical activity and the psychological variables likely to favour its practice as well as the relations between physical activity and well-being. The analysis is centred around three research questions: (1) What are the relationships between on the one side the motivation, the self-efficacy, the self-esteem and perceived barriers and on the other the sport activity? (2) How do potential determinants of sport activity influence each other ? (3) What are the impacts of sport activity on the affective life and the quality of life? Method: In this cross-sectional study 384 men and women (68.4%) aged 18 to 66 years filled in self-report online questionnaires. They were asked to describe their overall physical activity during the past year and over the past two weeks, their motivation for physical activity and their perceived barriers to its actual practice. They were also asked to evaluate their self-efficacy in general and with regard to physical activity, their general and physical self-esteem, their quality of life, and their affective experience over the past two weeks. Results: Intrinsic motivations appear strongly, positively and significantly associated with sport activity volume. Extrinsic motivation for the search of social contact also appears to be a positive and significant correlate. Self-efficacy perception with regard to physical activity as well as physical self-esteem appear positively and significantly related to sport activity volume and to intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. We observe that perceived barriers to physical activity are significantly and negatively associated with sport activity volume. In particular, lack of pleasure and fatigue appear as perceived barriers strongly related to the practice of sport activity. Furthermore, perceived barriers are negatively and significantly related to both intrinsic and extrinsic motivations. Perceived barriers are also significantly and |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
