Table 1.
Correlations between Physical Activity, Affect, and Motivation
| Variable | N | M | SD | Positive Affect | Negative Affect | Leisure-time PA self-report |
Active Travel self-report | Leisure-time PA objective | Active Travel objective | BREQ-2 autonomous | BREQ −2 controlled | MATSS autonomous | MATSS controlled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Affect | 1403 | 3.64 | 0.89 | ||||||||||
| Negative Affect | 1403 | 1.89 | 0.84 | −.33*** | |||||||||
| Leisure-time PA: self-report | 1317 | 3.41 | 1.20 | .25*** | −.15*** | ||||||||
| Active Travel: self-report | 1414 | 0.50 | 0.43 | −.04 | −.00 | .06 | |||||||
| Leisure-time PA: objective | 943 | 0.05 | 0.05 | .05 | −.10*** | .18*** | .01 | ||||||
| Active Travel: objective | 1007 | 0.22 | 0.17 | −.04 | −.12*** | −.08 | −.00 | .11 | |||||
| BREQ-2 autonomous | 1433 | 3.52 | 0.87 | .47*** | −.10** | .53*** | .04 | .05 | .00 | ||||
| BREQ-2 controlled | 1433 | 2.34 | 0.85 | .07 | .35*** | .10 | −.02 | −.06 | −.04 | .31*** | |||
| MATSS autonomous | 1283 | 3.33 | 1.03 | .43*** | .02 | .21*** | −.04 | .02 | −.03 | .53*** | .27*** | ||
| MATSS controlled | 1283 | 2.15 | 0.93 | .01 | .28*** | −.08 | −.07 | .05 | .03 | .03 | .65*** | .23*** | |
| BMI z-score | 1177 | 7.00 | 1.09 | −.04 | .02 | .02 | .03 | .05 | −.01 | .05 | .13*** | .05 | .05 |
BMI Body Mass Index, BREQ Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire, MATSS Motivation towards Active Travel to School Scale, PA physical activity. Affect and motivation were both measured on a Likert scale from 1 to 5
*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001