Table 5.

Intercorrelations of the health behavior motivation scale (HBMS) dimensions, Study 2.

HBMS dimensions and items	HBMS dimensions and items	r	p
Intrinsic regulation	Integrated and identified regulation	0.86**	0.001
Intrinsic regulation	Introjected regulation	0.42**	0.001
Intrinsic regulation	External regulation	−0.15**	0.001
Intrinsic regulation	Amotivation	−0.27**	0.001
Integrated and identified regulation	Introjected regulation	0.47**	0.001
Integrated and identified regulation	Amotivation	−0.22**	0.001
Introjected regulation	External regulation	0.39**	0.001
Introjected regulation	Amotivation	0.15**	0.001
External regulation	Amotivation	0.68**	0.001
Item no. 24	Item no. 10	0.37**	0.001
Item no. 20	Item no. 25	−0.48**	0.001

*p < 0.01,

^**p < 0.001.