Mechanisms of physical activity behavior change in an incentive-based intervention: Mediation analysis.

Jennifer M Murray David P French Frank Kee Aisling Gough Jianjun Tang Ruth F Hunter

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2020)

Most examined mediators were nonsignificant, and mediation analyses did not explain decreases in physical activity for interventions versus controls. Results show that, contrary to self-determination theory hypotheses, intrinsic motivation is not necessarily adversely impacted if financial incentives are embedded in a complex intervention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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