British journal of health psychology · 2026
Motives matter: A smartphone EMA study on the association between motives to exercise, exercise engagement and mood.
СтатьяНазвание и аннотация: Перевод пока не подготовлен
Обработка статьи · этапы, ошибки и управление
Загрузка состояния…
Ошибки и ограничения
История · было → стало
Состояние обновляется каждые 5 секунд, пока блок открыт. Процент показывается только там, где известен объём работы. Пауза останавливает продолжение этапа; текущий запрос к источнику может завершиться.
Pimpini Leonardo, Ferrand Ella, Mironiuc Codrin, Schepers Jan, Roefs Anne
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: Regular exercise is vital for preventing cardiovascular disease, maintaining a healthy body weight and supporting mental well-being, yet most people exercise insufficiently often due to motivational barriers.
DESIGN: This study examined two types of exercise motive-functional (divided into health/fitness and enjoyment) and appearance-and their interplay with mood and exercise engagement in daily life. Two hypotheses were tested: (H1) functional motives, compared to appearance motive, predict greater exercise engagement, and (H2) higher (more positive) mood, in interaction with exercise motives, predicts greater exercise engagement.
METHOD: Ninety-eight healthy BMI women completed a 2-week smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) protocol reporting exercise motive (baseline), exercise engagement (frequency, intensity, duration) and mood several times/day.
RESULTS: Partially supporting H1, enjoyment motive predicted greater exercise frequency and duration, whereas-contrary to H1- health/fitness motive predicted shorter duration and appearance was unrelated to engagement. H2 was not supported: mood did not predict engagement and functional motives did not strengthen the mood-engagement link. Contrary to H2, the appearance motive strengthened the (same-moment) within-person association between mood and exercise intensity, such that women higher in appearance motive showed a stronger positive mood-intensity link. Multilevel temporal networks revealed that higher (more positive) mood at one assessment weakly predicted greater exercise intensity and duration at the next assessment.
CONCLUSIONS: Together, enjoyment emerges as central to exercise engagement, while positive mood temporally precedes exercise, informing future lifestyle interventions. Further research on the temporal dynamics linking mood and exercise is warranted.
DESIGN: This study examined two types of exercise motive-functional (divided into health/fitness and enjoyment) and appearance-and their interplay with mood and exercise engagement in daily life. Two hypotheses were tested: (H1) functional motives, compared to appearance motive, predict greater exercise engagement, and (H2) higher (more positive) mood, in interaction with exercise motives, predicts greater exercise engagement.
METHOD: Ninety-eight healthy BMI women completed a 2-week smartphone Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) protocol reporting exercise motive (baseline), exercise engagement (frequency, intensity, duration) and mood several times/day.
RESULTS: Partially supporting H1, enjoyment motive predicted greater exercise frequency and duration, whereas-contrary to H1- health/fitness motive predicted shorter duration and appearance was unrelated to engagement. H2 was not supported: mood did not predict engagement and functional motives did not strengthen the mood-engagement link. Contrary to H2, the appearance motive strengthened the (same-moment) within-person association between mood and exercise intensity, such that women higher in appearance motive showed a stronger positive mood-intensity link. Multilevel temporal networks revealed that higher (more positive) mood at one assessment weakly predicted greater exercise intensity and duration at the next assessment.
CONCLUSIONS: Together, enjoyment emerges as central to exercise engagement, while positive mood temporally precedes exercise, informing future lifestyle interventions. Further research on the temporal dynamics linking mood and exercise is warranted.