Television Viewing Does Not Have to Be Sedentary: Motivation to Participate in a TV Exercise Program | Zendy

Jessie J. M. Meis | Zendy; Stef P. J. Kremers | Zendy; Martine Bouman | Zendy

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Television Viewing Does Not Have to Be Sedentary: Motivation to Participate in a TV Exercise Program

Author(s) -

Jessie J. M. Meis,

Stef P. J. Kremers,

Martine Bouman

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of obesity

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 2090-0716

pISSN - 2090-0708

DOI - 10.1155/2012/752820

Subject(s) - feeling , intrinsic motivation , autonomy , psychological intervention , physical activity , self determination theory , medicine , applied psychology , sedentary behavior , psychology , social psychology , physical therapy , nursing , political science , law

The present study explored which underlying motivations induced people to participate in a television exercise program called “The Netherlands on the Move!-television” (NOM-tv). A cross-sectional study was carried out among 1,349 viewers of NOM-tv. The respondents completed the intrinsic motivation inventory (IMI), assessing their levels of intrinsic motivation towards participating in the NOM-tv exercises. The results showed that higher levels of intrinsic motivation (i.e. enjoying the NOM-tv exercises, feeling competent to perform this activity, and willingness to put effort into the exercises) were the most important predictive factors of more frequent participation in the NOM-tv exercises. Future screen-based interventions to reduce sedentary behavior should aim especially at encouraging people's intrinsic orientations towards physical activity in an autonomy-supportive way

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