Motivations in the practice of physical exercise and the stages of student change in higher education
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-4690.v35i1p55-65Keywords:
Self-determination, Frequency of Exercise, Healthy behaviors, Nursing studentsAbstract
This study sought to analyze the relationships between motivational regulations, the stages of change and the frequency of nursing students’ exercise practice in both sexes. A cross-sectional, descriptive and explo-ratory study was carried with 535 students. The results indicated that: (a) 55.3% of students did not practice consistently and continuously; (b) 27.6% had a regular involvement in this practice for more than six months; (c) males, who had been in practice for more than six months, had higher values than the female gender in the intrinsic motivation; (d) females had a frequency of frequent and very frequent exercise, which was lower than that of males. Students seem to relegate the practice of physical exercise to a secondary level, making this subject worthy of special attention, even by the educational institutions themselves.
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