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The Effect of Sport Identity on the Relationship Between Affective Experiences of Pleasure Towards Exercising and the Intention to Exercise
Bekhuis, G.R. (2024) The Effect of Sport Identity on the Relationship Between Affective Experiences of Pleasure Towards Exercising and the Intention to Exercise.
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| Abstract: | Currently, 25% of adults fail to meet recommended physical activity levels, which heightens chances of developing disabilities. To do develop effective interventions, it is essential to understand determinants of exercise intentions. Psychological theories focused on changing cognitive beliefs towards exercising to increase exercise intentions, but recent research indicates that cognitive beliefs only partly explain the intention to exercise. The new Affective-Reflective Theory (ART; Brand & Ekkekakis, 2018) of exercise suggested that affective experiences of pleasure towards exercise could predict the intention to exercise. As the mind processes affective experiences of exercise in two different ways, the effect should be measured implicitly and explicitly. Moreover, it was found that sport identity, a concept developed from self-identity theories, is likely to moderate the relationship between affective experiences of pleasure towards exercise and the intention to exercise. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between affective experiences of pleasure towards exercise, and the intention to exercise, and how this relationship is moderated by sport identity. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/100061 |
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