- Title
- Self-determined motivation and physical activity in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Creator
- Owen, Katherine B.; Smith, Jordan; Lubans, David R.; Ng, Johan Y. Y.; Lonsdale, Chris
- Relation
- Preventive Medicine Vol. 67, p. 270-279
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.07.033
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Objective: Self-determination theory is used as a framework for examining the relation between motivation and physical activity. The purpose of this review was to systematically review studies that assessed the association between self-determined motivation and physical activity levels in children and adolescents. Method: We searched electronic databases in April 2013. Included studies assessed the relation between motivation (as outlined in self-determination theory) and physical activity in children and adolescents. Results: Forty-six studies ( n=15,984 participants) met the inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis indicated that overall levels of self-determined motivation had a weak to moderate, positive associations with physical activity (ρ=.21 to .31). Autonomous forms of motivation (i.e., intrinsic motivation and identified regulation) had moderate, positive associations with physical activity (ρ=.27 to .38), whereas controlled forms of motivation (i.e., introjection and external regulation) had weak, negative associations with physical activity (ρ=.03 to 17). Amotivation had a weak, negative association with physical activity (ρ=.11 to 21). Conclusions: Evidence provides some support for self-determination theory tenets. However, there was substantial heterogeneity in most associations and many studies had methodological shortcomings.
- Subject
- adolescent; children; self-determination theory; physical activity; physical education; leisure time
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1304192
- Identifier
- uon:20821
- Identifier
- ISSN:0091-7435
- Language
- eng
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