Motivational Correlates of Exercise Behavior Among College Students

The purpose of this research was to explore the relations between basic psychological needs satisfaction (autonomy, relatedness, perceived competence), intrinsic motivation, attraction toward exercise, and exercise behavior among college students. In study, 128 participants (including 91 women 36 men, mean age: 24 ± 7 years) responded a questionnaire assessing competence, relatedness), (vs. antipathy) behavior. Frequency aerobic frequency resistance total are positively associated with autonomy, exercise. Three exploratory mediation analyses suggest that mediates relation motivation Taken together, these data support extend previous on importance motivationally relevant variables, including affective experiences.