Personality Traits, Motivation and Exercise Modes on Woman Who practice Fitness
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v46.93779Keywords:
Personality; Participatory Motives; Physical exercise; Fitness; Exercise ModesAbstract
Objective - Literature has been able to associate personality traits with involvement in Physical Exercise programs. The sports market has a wide range of exercise modes, therefore, the main goal of this study was to investigate whether personality traits influence the choice of Fitness modalities practiced and what are the reasons that lead adult woman to choose those modalities. Methods – The sample consisted of 177 adult women, who practice gymnasium modalities, divided into 3 groups: 68 of high intensity modalities; 54 of Zen modalities; and 55 who practice modalities of both types (mixed group). The NEO Five-Factor Inventory was used to assess the personality and the Exercise Motivation Inventory 2 to assess the reasons for the practice of Physical Exercise. Results - Analyzing the differences in personality profiles as a function of the type of modality practiced, through a MANOVA controlling the age difference, no statistically significant differences were found between the participants of the 3 groups. Through the same statistical procedure, were analyzed the reasons for practicing of Physical Exercise of the 3 groups that make up the sample significant differences were found regarding psychological reasons (p=.033; n2p=.019), revitalization (p=.030; n2p=.017), pleasure (p=.003; n2p=.036), competition (p=.041; n2p=.019), body-related reasons (p=.014; n2p=.048) and weight management (p=.006; n2p=.017). Conclusions - Personality profiles do not seem to influence the choice of exercise modes practiced. The results presented support the thesis that there are differences between the motivational dimensions and the preferred mode of Physical Exercise practiced. Therefore, the offering modalities must meet the practitioners motivations, contributing to their greater involvement and maintenance in Physical Exercise programs.
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