Table 3.
Changes in exercise motivations before (visit 1) and after (visit 2) the study period.
| Motivational Scale | Mean Likert rating (SD) |
Change (mean, SD) | p-valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visit 1 | Visit 2 | |||
| Self-determination Motivationb | ||||
| Amotivation | 0.50 (0.52) | 0.24 (0.57) | −0.26 (0.59) | .066 |
| External Regulation | 0.80 (0.69) | 0.57 (0.73) | −0.24 (0.69) | .155 |
| Introjected Regulation | 1.65 (1.09) | 1.63 (1.33) | −0.02 (0.69) | .913 |
| Identified Regulation | 2.96 (0.72) | 3.16 (0.91) | 0.19 (0.72) | .260 |
| Intrinsic Regulation | 2.25 (0.95) | 2.61 (0.99) | 0.36 (0.89) | .101 |
| Stages of Changec | ||||
| Precontemplation (Non-believers) | 1.92 (0.59) | 1.45 (0.55) | −0.47 (0.53) | .001 |
| Precontemplation (Believers) | 2.59 (0.94) | 2.18 (0.96) | −0.41 (0.60) | .009 |
| Contemplation | 3.74 (0.84) | 3.83 (0.63) | 0.09 (0.80) | .622 |
| Preparation | 3.04 (0.90) | 3.11 (1.06) | 0.07 (0.88) | .749 |
| Action | 2.70 (1.00) | 3.38 (1.05) | 0.68 (1.08) | .013 |
| Maintenance | 2.63 (1.06) | 2.90 (1.10) | 0.28 (0.98) | .233 |
SD, standard deviation.
a
Significance test using the two-tailed paired-sample t test.
b
The Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 (BREQ-2). The Likert scale used in the ratings ranged from not true (0) to very true (4).