Date of Award
4-2012
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Sports Management: M.S.
Department
Kinesiology
College
School of Health and Human Services
First Advisor
Therese Sheehan
Keywords and Subject Headings
Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, Group Exercise, Individual Exercise
Abstract
The problem of this study was designed to examine students at Saint Cloud State University that participated in individual and group exercise programs who were members of the fitness center and group fitness classes to determine to what extent motivation affected exercise choice.
A major portion of the review of literature focuses on motivation. The review also includes an examination of the health of the nation, individual and group exercise, exercise frequency, duration, and intensity, campus recreation centers, and self determination theory.
A questionnaire was used to gather information to determine to what extent motivation affects exercise choice. The Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 was used to assess amotivation, intrinsic motivation, and three out of the four types of extrinsic motivation-external, introjected, and identified.
The correlation statistics from this study were used to draw conclusions to the research questions.
Motivation measured against individual exercise in the fitness center saw a significant correlation for amotivation, external regulation, identified regulation and intrinsic motivation. This lead the researcher to conclude that motivation does not affect exercise choice for those that participate exclusively in individual exercise in the fitness center.
Motivation measured against group fitness classes and motivation measured against the combination of individual exercise in the fitness center and group fitness classes saw a significant relationship for identified regulation and intrinsic motivation. This lead the researcher to conclude that motivation does affect exercise choice for those that participate in group fitness classes and the combination of individual exercise in the fitness center and group fitness classes.
Recommended Citation
Seidenkranz, Laura L., "Motivation and its Effect on Exercise Choice" (2012). Culminating Projects in Kinesiology. 18.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/pess_etds/18
