Kinesiology 2276F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Motivation
11 Dec 2015
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Related to intention: attitude, or positive or negative thoughts concerning the behaviour, sense of subjective norm, or the degree to which an individual feels social pressure to perform the behaviour. Strength of the relationship between intention and behaviour weakens with longer time periods. Exercise interventions must focus on increasing the strength of one"s intension to exercise. Techniques to improve intention do the following: serve to improve one"s attitude toward exercise, cause the individual to feel external pressure to exercise. Percieved behavioural control (pbc: refers to the degree of personal control the individual feels that he or she has over the, accounts for the many potential barriers to a behaviour such as exercise behaviour. Attitude and subjective norm (intention) plus pbc are all influential. Individuals seek challenges that will satisfy at least one of three psychological needs: Three forms of motivation are capable of driving achievement bahaviours: For self-determination (autonomy) o: to demonstrate competence o.
