Psychological mediators of the relations between goal motives, physical activity and well-being: testing a model of path analysis

Garstang, KR, Magistro, D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2554-3701, Jackman, PC, Cooper, SB ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5219-5020 and Healy, LC ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1372-7308, 2025. Psychological mediators of the relations between goal motives, physical activity and well-being: testing a model of path analysis. Journal of Health Psychology. ISSN 1359-1053 (Forthcoming)

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Abstract

The autonomous and controlled motivations underpinning goal pursuit directly impact physical activity and mental well-being and are important for healthy behaviour adherence. Psychological variables can also affect physical activity and mental well-being. This study tested the association between goal motives, psychological variables, physical activity, and mental well-being using structural equation modelling. Adults (N = 323;Mage = 32.4613.12y) completed a cross-sectional survey measuring goal motives, motivation, affective experiences, self-efficacy, physical activity, and mental well-being. Our analysis showed support for the proposed model fit: (χ2(6) = 14.16, p = .028, RMSEA =.07, CFI =.99, TLI =.97). In contrast to controlled goal motives, autonomous goal motives were positively related to the psychological variables associated with physical activity and mental well-being. Motivation and affective experiences were positively associated with physical activity. Self-efficacy was positively associated with mental well-being. Intricacies of the associations between goal motives, psychological variables, physical activity, and mental well-being are discussed.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Health Psychology
Creators:	Garstang, K.R., Magistro, D., Jackman, P.C., Cooper, S.B. and Healy, L.C.
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Date:	2 March 2025
ISSN:	1359-1053
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1177/13591053251330430 DOI 2409634 Other
Rights:	Accepted for publication in Journal of Health Psychology. Reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Laura Borcherds
Date Added:	18 Mar 2025 16:14
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2025 16:15
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/53267

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