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. 2019 Apr 30;5(4):e01459. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01459

Table 5.

Relationships between individual differences and physical activity frequency.

Variable M ± SD α Correlations
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
1. Extraversion 27.5 ± 6.8 0.866 1.0
2. Neuroticism 20.8 ± 6.0 0.806 −.34 1.0
3. Conscientiousness 35.9 ± 5.2 0.810 .11 −.24 1.0
4. Agreeableness 35.8 ± 5.2 0.777 .21 .40 .31 1.0
5. Openness 35.9 ± 6.0 0.767 .21 −.13 .15 .04 1.0
6. Health-related motives 3.2 ± 0.8 0.833 .06 −.04 .12 .14 .19 1.0
7. Interpersonal motives 2.2 ± 1.3 0.919 .19 −.07 −.08 −.02 .05 .13 1.0
8. Body-related motives 3.3 ± 1.1 0.883 .15 −.01 .09 .13 .05 .49 .19 1.0
9. Intrapersonal motives 3.7 ± 1.0 0.928 .14 .01 .12 .07 .17 .40 .54 .18 1.0
10. Fitness-related motives 3.8 ± 1.0 0.880 .14 −.15 .11 .09 .23 .58 .38 .39 .56 1.0
11. Amotivation style 1.1 ± 0.3 0.794 .02 .09 −.16 −.14 −.05 −.05 .07 .01 −.17 −.05 1.0
12. External motivation style 1.4 ± 0.6 0.763 −.04 .13 −.23 −.04 −.17 .06 .14 .13 −.12 −.09 .47 1.0
13. Introjected motivation style 3.3 ± 1.1 0.853 −.05 .19 −.06 −.06 −.01 .19 .21 .40 .18 .14 .02 .16 1.0
14. Identified motivation style 4.5 ± 0.6 0.749 .13 −.05 .18 .12 .12 .33 .31 .23 .62 .41 −.31 −.19 .36 1.0
15. Integrated motivation style 4.2 ± 0.9 0.874 .14 −.03 .14 .10 .17 .33 .35 .15 .61 .39 −.22 −.13 .29 .73 1.0
16. Intrinsic motivation style 4.3 ± 0.8 0.910 .18 −.11 .16 .12 .18 .20 .42 .04 .77 .42 −.22 −.20 .07 .59 .61 1.0
17. Exercise frequency (d/wk) 4.1 ± 1.4 --- .05 −.07 .08 .02 .04 .02 .23 −.01 .32 .10 −.10 −.12 .08 .26 .34 .27

Cronbach's alpha (α) are provided for each individual difference subscale and significant Pearson's (r) correlations are bolded.