Davy Vancampfort|Marc De Hert|Maarten Vansteenkiste|Amber De Herdt|Thomas W. Scheewe|Andrew Soundy|Brendon Stubbs|Michel Probst
The importance of self-determined motivation towards physical activity in patients with schizophrenia
KU Leuven|KU Leuven|Ghent University|KU Leuven|Windesheim University of Applied Sciences|University of Birmingham|University of Greenwich|KU Leuven
need theoreticallybased research motivational processes linked commencement continuation physical activity patients schizophrenia within selfdetermination theory sdt framework investigated sdt tenets patients examining factor structure behavioral regulation exercise questionnaire2 breq2 investigating associations motivation pa secondary aim study differences motivation according gender educational level treatment setting disease stage total 129 patients 44 schizophrenia agreed participate exploratory factor analysis showed sufficient convergence original factor amotivation external introjected regulation identified intrinsic regulations loaded single factor labeled autonomous regulation significant positive correlations found total physical activity score subscales amotivation r044 p0001 external regulation r027 p0001 autonomous regulation r057 p0001 outpatients reported external p005 introjected p005 regulations inpatients results suggest patients level selfdetermination may play important role adoption maintenance health promoting behaviors patients schizophrenia