Workout Motivation Research

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The concept of motivation for exercise has had researchers often question on what motives prompt people to want to follow a workout regimen. In recent years, there has been increasing number of research conducted on exercise motivation, but researchers have not been able to figure out why people specifically engage in exercise (Vlachopoulos & Karageorghis, 2005). From past research, motives for working out ranged from being external causes or internal causes or both. For example, research conducted by Vlachopoulos and Karageorghis (2005) studied how external and internal motivation interplayed together with people's level of enjoyment after taking a workout class. The study concluded that that external motivation and its subtypes (introjected …show more content…

The first measure "Workout Motivation" was an 18 item, 5-point Likert scale measure designed for this study. The points ranged from 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree). Each item was statements that participants either agreed or disagreed to base on how the statement relates to them. This measure assessed personal motivation for working out, with statements that were either considered internal motivation or external motivation. Some examples of the items include whether a person has a preference for either working out at home or the gym, whether they work out for their health or they work out due to social pressure. The second measure used in this study is Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) (Rosenberg, 1965). This measure also a Likert scale measure that contains ten items that help evaluate whether a person has low or high self-esteem (Rosenberg, 1965). The measure is a 4-point scale ranging from 1 (Strongly Agree) to 4 (Strongly Disagree) (Rosenberg, 1965). The third measure used in this study is Reason for Exercise. (Silberstein et al., 1988). Silberstein et al. (1988) measure was a 7-point Likert scale with 24 items that assessed if an individual reason to work out was due to maintaining weight, looks, and physical/mental health (Silberstein et al., 1988). The 7-point scale ranged from 1 (Not at all Important) to 7 (Extremely Important) (Silberstein et al.,

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