Exercise motives among university students: A Brazil-Portugal transnational study

Lucas Arrais De Campos; Adrielly dos Santos; Mafalda Margarida Basto Sampaio; João Marôco; Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini Campos

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1009762

Exercise motives among university students: A Brazil-Portugal transnational study

Lucas Arrais De Campos
, Adrielly dos Santos
, Mafalda Margarida Basto Sampaio
, João Marôco
, Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini Campos

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Background: Identifying the motives why people exercise is interesting for the planning of effective health promoting strategies.
Objectives: To estimate the psychometric properties of the exercise motivations inventory (EMI-2) in Brazilian and Portuguese university students, and to compare motive-related factors for exercise among students.
Methods: One thousand Brazilian (randomly splitted into “Test sample” [n = 498] and “Validation sample” [n = 502]) and 319 Portuguese students participated in this cross-sectional study. Motives for exercise were evaluated using EMI-2. Exploratory factor analysis was performed in the test sample. Then, confirmatory factor analysis was performed in the validation and Portuguese samples. The EMI-2 scores were compared according to sex, exercise, and weight status (ANOVA, α = 5%).
Results: EMI-2 factor model was explained by 5 factors and presented adequate fit (χ²/df ≤ 3.2; CFI ≥ 0.9; TLI ≥ 0.9; RMSEA ≤ 0.07; and α ≥ 0.83). The motives for exercising were mainly related to psychological and interpersonal factors for men, health-related factors for women, and body-related factors for overweight and obese individuals. People who practice exercise had higher EMI-2 scores.
Conclusion: The 5-factor model is suggested for a comprehensive assessment of motives for exercise. Individual characteristics should be considered for development of tailored protocols.

Original language	English
Article number	1009762
Number of pages	15
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1009762
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2022
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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