EXPLORING EXERCISE BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING OF SWEDISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS - A SELF-DETERMINATION PERSPECTIVE

The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between motivational profile, self-efficacy, basic needs satisfaction, exercise behavior and well-being among Swedish university students. A set of the instruments including GLTEQ, SHIS, BPNES, BREQ-2 and BARSE was distributed at a universit...

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Main Author: Jonsson, Linus
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Language:English
Published: Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS) 2012
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-hh-180062013-01-08T13:41:46ZEXPLORING EXERCISE BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING OF SWEDISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS - A SELF-DETERMINATION PERSPECTIVEengSvenska universitets studenters motionsvanor och välbefinnande - Ett självbestämmande perspektiv.Jonsson, LinusHögskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS)2012Exercisewell-beingmotivationbasic psychological needsself-efficacyself-determination.Motionvälbefinnandemotivationgrundläggande psykologiska behovsjälvtillitsjälvbestämmandeThe purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between motivational profile, self-efficacy, basic needs satisfaction, exercise behavior and well-being among Swedish university students. A set of the instruments including GLTEQ, SHIS, BPNES, BREQ-2 and BARSE was distributed at a university in southern Sweden. The respondents (n = 260) were men (n = 122) and women (n = 138). For analysis and processing of the gathered data SPSS was used with Pearson's r and Multiple Regression Analysis. The results showed that competence, autonomy and relatedness were positive predictors of self-determined motivation, whilst identified regulation, intrinsic regulation and barrier self-efficacy were positive predictors for strenuous exercise. Moreover a regression analysis showed that only competence was a significant predictor for well-being, however, positive correlations were shown between all the basic needs and well-being. To promote university students exercise and well-being, the conclusion is that it most probably would be successful to base interventions with focus on basic needs satisfaction. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka relationer mellan motivations profil, self-efficacy, de gundläggande psykologiska behoven, motionsvanor samt välbefinnande bland svenska universitets studenter. Ett frågeformulär bestående av instrumenten GLTEQ, SHIS, BPNES, BREQ-2 och BARSE distribuerades vid ett universitet i södra Sverige. Respondenterna (n=260) var män (n=122) och kvinnor (n=138). För analys och bearbetning av den insamlade datan användes SPSS med analysmetoderna Pearson's r och Multipla Regressionsanalyser. Resultaten visade att kompetens, autonomi och tillhörighet var positiva prediktorer för självbestämmande motivation, medan identifierad reglering, inre reglering samt barriärspecifik självtillit var positiva prediktorer för ansträngande motion. Vidare visade resultaten att endast kompetens var en positiv prediktor för välbefinande, dock så påvisades positiva samband mellan alla de grundläggande psykologiska behoven och välbefinnande. För att främja universitets studenters motionsvanor och välbefinnande är slutsaten att det sannolikt vore framgångsrikt att basera interventioner utifrån tillfredställande av de grundläggande psykologiska behoven. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-18006application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Exercise
well-being
motivation
basic psychological needs
self-efficacy
self-determination.
Motion
välbefinnande
motivation
grundläggande psykologiska behov
självtillit
självbestämmande
spellingShingle Exercise
well-being
motivation
basic psychological needs
self-efficacy
self-determination.
Motion
välbefinnande
motivation
grundläggande psykologiska behov
självtillit
självbestämmande
Jonsson, Linus
EXPLORING EXERCISE BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING OF SWEDISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS - A SELF-DETERMINATION PERSPECTIVE
description The purpose of this study was to investigate relationships between motivational profile, self-efficacy, basic needs satisfaction, exercise behavior and well-being among Swedish university students. A set of the instruments including GLTEQ, SHIS, BPNES, BREQ-2 and BARSE was distributed at a university in southern Sweden. The respondents (n = 260) were men (n = 122) and women (n = 138). For analysis and processing of the gathered data SPSS was used with Pearson's r and Multiple Regression Analysis. The results showed that competence, autonomy and relatedness were positive predictors of self-determined motivation, whilst identified regulation, intrinsic regulation and barrier self-efficacy were positive predictors for strenuous exercise. Moreover a regression analysis showed that only competence was a significant predictor for well-being, however, positive correlations were shown between all the basic needs and well-being. To promote university students exercise and well-being, the conclusion is that it most probably would be successful to base interventions with focus on basic needs satisfaction. === Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka relationer mellan motivations profil, self-efficacy, de gundläggande psykologiska behoven, motionsvanor samt välbefinnande bland svenska universitets studenter. Ett frågeformulär bestående av instrumenten GLTEQ, SHIS, BPNES, BREQ-2 och BARSE distribuerades vid ett universitet i södra Sverige. Respondenterna (n=260) var män (n=122) och kvinnor (n=138). För analys och bearbetning av den insamlade datan användes SPSS med analysmetoderna Pearson's r och Multipla Regressionsanalyser. Resultaten visade att kompetens, autonomi och tillhörighet var positiva prediktorer för självbestämmande motivation, medan identifierad reglering, inre reglering samt barriärspecifik självtillit var positiva prediktorer för ansträngande motion. Vidare visade resultaten att endast kompetens var en positiv prediktor för välbefinande, dock så påvisades positiva samband mellan alla de grundläggande psykologiska behoven och välbefinnande. För att främja universitets studenters motionsvanor och välbefinnande är slutsaten att det sannolikt vore framgångsrikt att basera interventioner utifrån tillfredställande av de grundläggande psykologiska behoven.
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title EXPLORING EXERCISE BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING OF SWEDISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS - A SELF-DETERMINATION PERSPECTIVE
title_short EXPLORING EXERCISE BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING OF SWEDISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS - A SELF-DETERMINATION PERSPECTIVE
title_full EXPLORING EXERCISE BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING OF SWEDISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS - A SELF-DETERMINATION PERSPECTIVE
title_fullStr EXPLORING EXERCISE BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING OF SWEDISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS - A SELF-DETERMINATION PERSPECTIVE
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