Table A1.

The types of sport motivation based on the results of the factor analysis (Source: PERSIST 2019).

	Intrinsic Motivation	Introjected Motivation	Intrinsic Motivation	Amotivation
15. I find exercise a pleasurable activity.	0.881	0.122	−0.052	−0.110
10. I enjoy my exercise sessions.	0.868	0.124	−0.040	−0.098
18. I get pleasure and satisfaction from participating in exercise.	0.821	0.187	−0.016	−0.120
4. I exercise because it’s fun.	0.777	0.105	0.065	−0.141
8. It’s important to me to exercise regularly.	0.762	0.283	−0.001	−0.152
3. I value the benefits of exercise.	0.685	0.189	0.058	−0.241
14. I think it is important to make the effort to exercise regularly.	0.641	0.316	−0.009	−0.073
17. I get restless if I don’t exercise regularly.	0.446	0.627	0.025	0.162
7. I feel ashamed when I miss an exercise session.	0.267	0.709	0.173	0.156
2. I feel guilty when I don’t exercise.	0.253	0.612	0.220	−0.042
13. I feel like a failure when I haven’t exercised in a while.	0.186	0.712	0.093	0.291
16. I feel under pressure from friends/family to exercise.	0.054	0.264	0.394	0.554
11. I exercise because others will not be pleased with me if I don’t.	0.027	0.270	0.390	0.616
6. I take part in exercise because my friends/family/partner say I should.	−0.001	0.190	0.729	0.417
1. I exercise because other people say I should.	−0.022	0.153	0.638	0.293
9. I can’t see why I should bother exercising.	−0.149	0.038	0.126	0.708
5. I don’t see why I should have to exercise.	−0.157	0.037	0.223	0.652
12. I don’t see the point in exercising.	−0.225	0.081	0.068	0.735
19. I think exercising is a waste of time.	−0.239	0.051	0.093	0.696