Did You Enjoy It? The Role of Intensity-Trait Preference/Tolerance in Basic Psychological Needs and Exercise Enjoyment
Promoting exercise regimens that aim at enhancing the quality of individuals’ subjective exercise experience can be challenging. Given the recent theoretical contributions regarding the possible interaction of exercise intensity-traits and several motivational variables, as well as their potential v...
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| author | Diogo S. Teixeira Diogo S. Teixeira Filipe Rodrigues Filipe Rodrigues Sérgio Machado Luis Cid Luis Cid Diogo Monteiro Diogo Monteiro |
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| description | Promoting exercise regimens that aim at enhancing the quality of individuals’ subjective exercise experience can be challenging. Given the recent theoretical contributions regarding the possible interaction of exercise intensity-traits and several motivational variables, as well as their potential value for exercise adherence, the objective of this study was to examine the mediation role of basic psychological needs in the relationship between preference for and tolerance of exercise intensity and enjoyment. This cross-sectional study comprised a total of 160 exercisers (Mage = 34.12, SD = 9.23, 73 males) enrolled in several health clubs. All analyses were performed using SPSS v. 23.0/PROCESS v. 3.4. The results indicate that intensity-traits presented positive associations with enjoyment, and negative associations with all of needs frustration variables. A mediation role of needs frustration emerged in the intensity-traits and enjoyment associations that was analyzed according to relatable theoretical considerations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0fdd29ba07784fce9f21ba2cfa650be62022-12-21T20:01:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-06-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.682480682480Did You Enjoy It? The Role of Intensity-Trait Preference/Tolerance in Basic Psychological Needs and Exercise EnjoymentDiogo S. Teixeira0Diogo S. Teixeira1Filipe Rodrigues2Filipe Rodrigues3Sérgio Machado4Luis Cid5Luis Cid6Diogo Monteiro7Diogo Monteiro8Universidade Lusófona, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Lisbon, PortugalResearch Center in Sport, Physical Education, and Exercise and Health (CIDEFES), Lisbon, PortugalSport Science School of Rio Maior (ESDRM-IPSantarem), Rio Maior, PortugalLife Quality Research Centre (CIEQV), Santarém, PortugalDepartment of Sports Methods and Techniques, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, BrazilSport Science School of Rio Maior (ESDRM-IPSantarem), Rio Maior, PortugalResearch Center in Sport, Health and Human Development (CIDESD), Vila Real, PortugalResearch Center in Sport, Health and Human Development (CIDESD), Vila Real, PortugalESECS – Polytechnique of Leiria, Leiria, PortugalPromoting exercise regimens that aim at enhancing the quality of individuals’ subjective exercise experience can be challenging. Given the recent theoretical contributions regarding the possible interaction of exercise intensity-traits and several motivational variables, as well as their potential value for exercise adherence, the objective of this study was to examine the mediation role of basic psychological needs in the relationship between preference for and tolerance of exercise intensity and enjoyment. This cross-sectional study comprised a total of 160 exercisers (Mage = 34.12, SD = 9.23, 73 males) enrolled in several health clubs. All analyses were performed using SPSS v. 23.0/PROCESS v. 3.4. The results indicate that intensity-traits presented positive associations with enjoyment, and negative associations with all of needs frustration variables. A mediation role of needs frustration emerged in the intensity-traits and enjoyment associations that was analyzed according to relatable theoretical considerations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.682480/fullpreferencetolerancepsychological needsenjoymentexercise |
| spellingShingle | Diogo S. Teixeira Diogo S. Teixeira Filipe Rodrigues Filipe Rodrigues Sérgio Machado Luis Cid Luis Cid Diogo Monteiro Diogo Monteiro Did You Enjoy It? The Role of Intensity-Trait Preference/Tolerance in Basic Psychological Needs and Exercise Enjoyment Frontiers in Psychology preference tolerance psychological needs enjoyment exercise |
| title | Did You Enjoy It? The Role of Intensity-Trait Preference/Tolerance in Basic Psychological Needs and Exercise Enjoyment |
| title_full | Did You Enjoy It? The Role of Intensity-Trait Preference/Tolerance in Basic Psychological Needs and Exercise Enjoyment |
| title_fullStr | Did You Enjoy It? The Role of Intensity-Trait Preference/Tolerance in Basic Psychological Needs and Exercise Enjoyment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Did You Enjoy It? The Role of Intensity-Trait Preference/Tolerance in Basic Psychological Needs and Exercise Enjoyment |
| title_short | Did You Enjoy It? The Role of Intensity-Trait Preference/Tolerance in Basic Psychological Needs and Exercise Enjoyment |
| title_sort | did you enjoy it the role of intensity trait preference tolerance in basic psychological needs and exercise enjoyment |
| topic | preference tolerance psychological needs enjoyment exercise |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.682480/full |
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