The Relationship between Internal motivation, Institutional motivation, Obedience motivation and College Students^ Exercise Behavior: The Mediating role of Exercise behavioral intention Zhenhao YANG1, Deguo LI1, Xiaodan ZHANG2
1. School of Physical Education ,Tianjin University of Sport,Tianjin 301617,China-
2. School of Sports Training, Tianjin University of Sport, Tianjin 301617,China
Abstract
Abstract:Objective: To explore the influence of the external motor motivation and internal motor motivation of college students on motor behavior intention and motor behavior. Methods: Questionnaires were administered to 1128 college students to measure exercise internal motivation, obedience motivation, institutional motivation, exercise behavior intention, and exercise behavior, AMOS 24.0 was used to construct structural equation models to analyze the relationship between the variables. Results: (1)There was a significant positive correlation between exercise internal motivation and exercise behavioral intention and exercise behavior- There is a significant negative correlation between institutional motivation and exercise behavior intention and exercise behavior.There was significant positive correlation between obedience motivation and exercise behavior intention. (2)The internal motivation of exercise can have a direct impact on exercise behavior (0.14) and an indirect impact through the mediating effect of exercise behavior intention (0.17). Both the direct (-0.18) and indirect (-0.11) influences of institutional motivation on exercise behavior were negatively affected. Obedience motivation can indirectly significantly predict exercise behavior through exercise behavioral intention (0.10). Conclusions: The total effect of the internal exercise motivation was the highest among the factors influencing college students^ physical exercise behavior.Exercise behavioral intention plays a mediating role in the relationship between exercise motivation and exercise behavior.
Keywords: College students- Exercise motivation- Exercise behavior intention- Exercise behavior- Structural equation model
Topic: Comparative analysis of sport in Asian societies and other sports cultures and traditions
