URBAN AND RURAL ADOLESCENTS’ BEHAVIORAL REGULATION IN EXERCISE ACCORDING TO BODY WEIGHT STATUS

Authors : Gökmen ÖZEN, Muhammed Emin KAFKAS, Cengiz AKALAN

Pages : 78-88

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Publication Date : 2017-09-15

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :The purpose of this study was to examine urban and rural adolescents’ behavioral regulation in exercise according to their body weight status. The sample size consisted of 513 adolescents insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(51.5% males, 48.5% females); aged 15-18 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( M = 16.49 , SD = 1.11); years old and living in urban and rural areas in Turkey. The Turkish version of Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaires-2 was used as a measurement tool for the study. The study demonstrated a significant difference in the sub-domain of amotivation toward exercise between urban and rural groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( p < .05);. However, scores on external intrisinc and introjected sub-domains and the relative autonomy index were not significantly different insert ignore into journalissuearticles values( p > .05);. Our results indicated that urban adolescents were less motivated to do exercise than rural adolescents . OB adolescents living in rural areas had higher amotivation to exercise than NW ones.
Keywords : exercise, behavioral regulation, body weight status