Autonomy Support and its Links to Physical Activity and Competitive Performance: Mediations Through Motivation, Competence, Action Orientation and Harmonious Passion, and the Moderator Role of Autonomy Support by Perceived Competence

Background:Self-efficacy, action control, and social support are considered to influence changes in physical activity levels in older adults. This study examines the relationship among these variables and explores the putative mediating and moderating mechanisms that might account for activity changes.Methods:A longitudinal study with 54 older adults (≥ 50 years of age) was carried out in Costa Rica. In a moderated mediation analysis, action control was specified as a mediator between self-efficacy and physical activity, whereas social support was specified as a moderator between self-efficacy and action control. Baseline physical activity, age, and sex were specified as covariates.Results:Action control mediated between self-efficacy and physical activity. An interaction between social support and self-efficacy on action control pointed to a synergistic effect at the first stage of the mediating process.Conclusions:The effect of self-efficacy on physical activity was partly explained by action control, providing evidence of action control as a proximal mediator of physical activity. Moreover, the moderator role of social support was confirmed: high social support appeared to compensate for low levels of self-efficacy.

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Neighborhood Walkability and Walking Behavior: The Moderating Role of Action Orientation

Journal of Physical Activity and Health ◽

10.1123/jpah.10.4.515 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 515-522 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Stijn A.H. Friederichs ◽

Stef P.J. Kremers ◽

Lilian Lechner ◽

Nanne K. de Vries

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Positive Influence ◽

Neighborhood Environment ◽

Personality Factor ◽

Action Orientation ◽

Web Based ◽

Walking Behavior ◽

Neighborhood Walkability ◽

The Relationship

Background:In promoting physical activity, it is important to gain insight into environmental factors that facilitate or hinder physical activity and factors that may influence this environment–behavior relationship. As the personality factor of action orientation reflects an individual’s capacity to regulate behavior it may act as a moderator in the environment–behavior relationship. The current study addressed the relationship between neighborhood walkability and walking behavior and the influence of action orientation on this relationship.Methods:Three hundred and forty-seven Dutch inhabitants [mean age 43.1 (SD 17.1)] completed a web based questionnaire assessing demographic variables, neighborhood walkability (Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale), variables of the Theory of Planned Behavior, action orientation, and walking behavior.Results:The results show that high levels of neighborhood walkability are positively associated with walking behavior and that this influence is largely unmediated by cognitive processes. A positive influence of neighborhood walkability on walking behavior was identified in the action-oriented subpopulation, whereas in the state-oriented part of the population, this influence was absent.Conclusions:The findings suggest that the influence of neighborhood environment on walking behavior has a relatively large unconscious, automatic component. In addition, the results suggest that the walkability–walking relationship is moderated by action orientation.

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Determinants of physical activity among patients with type 2 diabetes: the role of perceived autonomy support, autonomous motivation and self-care competence

Psychology Health & Medicine ◽

10.1080/13548506.2016.1154179 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 332-344 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Anne M. Koponen ◽

Nina Simonsen ◽

Sakari Suominen

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Autonomy Support ◽

Self Care ◽

Autonomous Motivation ◽

Perceived Autonomy Support

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Influence of Adiposity on Physical Activity in Schoolchildren: The Moderator Role of Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12166474 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (16) ◽

pp. 6474

Author(s):

José Francisco López-Gil ◽

Antonio García-Hermoso ◽

Rafael Gomes Sentone ◽

Cristiano Israel Caetano ◽

Fernando Renato Cavichiolli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Mediterranean Diet ◽

Diet Quality ◽

Food Habits ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Excess Adiposity ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

Moderator Role ◽

Associative Analysis

Background: Studies were performed in order to determine the existing relationship between body composition and both physical activity (PA) levels and food habits. Nevertheless, no study has yet examined if the association between adiposity and PA in children is moderated by adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD). Methods: the cross-sectional and associative analysis involved a total of 370 children (55.1% boys) aged 6–13, from six different schools from the Murcia region of Spain. Results: The different values of moderator [adherence to the MD expressed as a Mediterranean Diet Quality Index (KIDMED) score] are shown by the slope and the different areas of significance. The first area was shown below ≤3.8, indicating that the unfavorable influence of excess of adiposity on PA could be intensified for children in this area. The second area was a significant positive area was shown above ≥9.3, expressing that the unfavorable influence of adiposity could be reduced for those who were above this estimation point. Conclusion: Our findings reveal that the adverse effects of excess adiposity on PA can be moderated by adherence to the MD among schoolchildren.

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Abstract P287: Autonomy Supportive Healthcare Providers Influence Self-Determined Motivation for Physical Activity in Women With Cardiovascular Disease

Circulation ◽

10.1161/circ.131.suppl_1.p287 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 131 (suppl_1) ◽

Author(s):

Linda A Mason Barber ◽

Laura P Kimble ◽

Leslie F Taylor

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Autonomy Support ◽

Healthcare Providers ◽

Autonomous Motivation ◽

Perceived Competence ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Clinical Variables ◽

Perceived Autonomy Support

Introduction: Data consistently indicate women with CVD do not regularly engage in physical activity (PA) at levels recommended to reduce CVD risk. Evidence supports healthcare providers delivering health behavior recommendations using an autonomy supportive approach may enhance self-determined motivation to initiate behavior change and support ongoing maintenance of healthy behavior. However, this has not been well documented in women with CVD. It was hypothesized that: 1) greater perceived autonomy support from healthcare providers by women with CVD would be associated with greater autonomous motivation and greater perceived competence for physical activity as well as greater physical activity itself, and 2) perceived autonomy support, perceived competence for PA, and autonomous motivation, would predict greater physical activity in women with CVD. Methods: A cross-sectional, correlational study with a convenience sample of 103 predominantly white (93.2%), educated (92.3%), community-dwelling, English speaking women (mean age 64.7 years [SD 10.3]), with a self-reported history of CVD was conducted. Data were obtained via reliable and valid self-report questionnaires measuring demographic and clinical variables (age, social support, depressive symptoms, CVD symptoms, comorbidity), motivation-related variables (perceived autonomy support, autonomous motivation, perceived competence), PA, and perceived PA limitations. Relationships among the motivation-related variables, PA, and PA limitations were examined using hierarchical multiple linear regression. Greater perceived autonomy support from healthcare providers was significantly associated with greater autonomous motivation (r = .26, p < .01) and greater perceived competence (r = .50, p < .001) for PA. Regression results indicated the overall model accounted for a significant amount (16%) of the variance in PA. Significant predictors in the regression analysis were perceived competence (b = -.22, p < .05) and age (b = -.36, p < .001). A second regression analysis indicated the overall model accounted for 39% of the variance in perceived PA limitations with perceived competence accounting for 10% of this variance, over and above that accounted for by demographic and clinical variables. Conclusions: Findings support the association between an autonomy supportive approach by healthcare providers and autonomous or self-determined motivation for PA in women with CVD. Perceived competence in ability to be physically active predicted perception of PA limitations in this population. Interventional studies testing effects of autonomy support from healthcare providers on motivation for PA in women with CVD are needed.

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The Role of Perceived Competence in the Motivation of Physical Activity

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology ◽

10.1123/jsep.17.4.363 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 363-378 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

Lavon Williams ◽

Diane L. Gill

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Goal Orientation ◽

Achievement Motivation ◽

Perceived Competence ◽

Goal Orientations ◽

Task Orientation ◽

Intrinsic Interest ◽

Task Goal ◽

Ego Orientation

Understanding the role of perceived competence in the motivation of sport and physical activity is an important endeavor. This study attempted to examine the role of perceived competence by (a) investigating its relationship with goal orientations as hypothesized by Nicholls’s theory of achievement motivation, and (b) testing a proposed model linking goal orientations and motivated behavior. Students (N = 174) completed questionnaires assessing goal orientations, perceived competence, intrinsic interest, and effort. Regression analyses revealed that task orientation was a good predictor of effort; however, the interaction of ego orientation and perceived competence failed to adequately predict effort. Path analysis results revealed that task goal orientation, but not ego orientation, directly influenced perceived competence, intrinsic interest, and effort. In addition, intrinsic interest played a mediating role between perceived competence and effort and between task goal orientation and effort.

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