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    STUDIA EDUCATIO%20ARTIS%20GYMNASTICAE - Issue no. 3 / 2010  
         
  Article:   THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS SATISFACTION AND MOTIVATIONAL REGULATIONS ON EXERCISE BEHAVIOR.

Authors:  CRĂCIUN MARIUS.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  

The purpose of our study is to investigate the relationship between fundamental psychological needs and the types of motivational regulation governing the exercise behavior. A number of three questionnaire (BREQ, LTEQ and BNSWS) were administrated to 150 participants in a strenuous exercise program. A number of seven variables contribute independently predicting the strenuous physical activity (gender, age, competence, relatedness, identified regulation, integrated regulation, introjected regulation).

Conclusions: Results of this investigation supports absolutely the constructs of Self-Determination Theory in context of strenuous physical activity and the importance of the most self-determined forms of behavioral regulation.

 

Keywords: Self-Determination Theory, strenuous physical activity, psychological needs, behavioral regulation, exercise behavior.

 
         
     
         
         
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