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Should We Be Looking at the Forest or the Trees? Overall Psychological Need Satisfaction and Individual Needs as Predictors of Physical Activity

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Brunet, Jennifer, Gunnell, Katie E., Teixeira, Pedro, Sabiston, Catherine M., Bélanger, Mathieu·2016·Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
DOI 10.1123/jsep.2016-0256
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The objectives of this study were to examine whether (a) measures designed to assess satisfaction of competence, autonomy, and relatedness needs in physical activity contexts can represent both general and specific needs satisfaction and (b) the specific needs are associated with concurrent moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) participation (Time 1) and MVPA participation 4 months later (Time 2), beyond general psychological need satisfaction (PNS). Data from 544 adolescents (Mage = 14.1 years, SD = 0.6) were analyzed. A bifactor model specifying four factors (i.e., one general PNS and three specific needs) provided a good fit to the data. Extending the model to predict Time 1 and Time 2 MVPA participation also provided a good fit to the data. General PNS and specific needs had unique and empirically distinguishable associations with MVPA participation. The bifactor operationalization of PNS provides a framework to delineate common and distinctive antecedents and outcomes of general PNS and specific needs.

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  • Participants' global levels of need satisfaction were the key component responsible for associations between need satisfaction measures and covariates.

    “Perhaps even more importantly, these studies (e.g., Brunet et al., 2016;Sánchez-Oliva et al., 2017) also reported that participants' global levels of need satisfaction tended to be the key component responsible for associations between need satisfaction measures and a variety of covariates,”

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  • Recent evidence offers tentative support for the key role of global need satisfaction.

    “Despite recent evidence providing tentative support to the key role played by global need satisfaction (Brunet et al., 2016;Sánchez-Oliva et al., 2017)”

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Authors
Brunet, J., Gunnell, K. E., Teixeira, P., Sabiston, C. M., & Bélanger, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Ottawa (CA)
  • University of Lisbon (PT)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Published
2016-08
Volume
38
Issue
4
Pages
317-330
ISSN
  • 0895-2779 (ISSN-L)
  • 1543-2904
DOI
10.1123/jsep.2016-0256
OpenAlex
W2531604179
Cited by
50
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2
FWCI
7.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Knowledge UdeS (Institutional Deposit of the University of Sherbrooke) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Knowledge UdeS (Institutional Deposit of the University of Sherbrooke) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Fondation de la recherche en santé du Nouveau-Brunswick (20130729)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
Keywords
psychological need satisfaction, competence, autonomy, relatedness, self-determination theory, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, adolescents, bifactor model, physical activity participation
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Child, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Models, Psychological, Personal Satisfaction, Exercise, Personal Autonomy

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