Motivational Strategies Flashcards
Motivation
Concept used to describe the internal and external forces that lead to the initiation, direction, intensity, and persistence of behavior
Forces beneath motivation can be biological, social, emotional, or cognitive
Motivation ____ __ _____
LEADS TO ACTION
Types of Motivation
Based on self Determination Theory
- Intrinsic - self motivation, participation for enjoyment and satisfaction
- Extrinsic - Controlled by rewards or threats
- Amotivation - lack of purpose and intentionality, relative absence of motivation
Self Determination Theory
Explains affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses
Applied to physical activity to understand motives
Seek challenges to satisfy psychological needs
- competence
- relatedness
- autonomy
Amotivation is demonstrated by
Decrease in self discipline
Belief that exercise is not necessary and will not result in desired outcome (weight loss)
Extrinsic Motivation
Directed by rewards, money, pressure Encourage the process of activity - Reinforce exercise behaviors vs. performance - Frequency and particiaption - Encourage steps twoards autonomy
Types of Extrinsic Motivation
- External Regulation
- Introjected Regulation
- Identified Regulation
- Integrated Regulation
Extrinsic - External Regulation
Rewards and threats
Exercise for reward
Avoid punishment
Extrinsic - Introjected Regulation
Internalized rasoin for acting, but is not self determined
Source of motivation is guilt or shame of not doing it
Extrinsic - Identified regulation
Action is motivated by expected outcomes
More autonomous and driven by goals
Value changes of disease prevention and improved fitness
Extrinsic - Integrated Regulation
Volitional behavior due to importance of goal
Most self-determined type
Identifies with exercise as a symbol of who they are “I am a marathon runner”
Intrinsic Motivation
Engaging in behavior for reason of pleasure, enjoyment and fun
Intrinsic Needs
Competence
Autonomy
Relatedness
Intrinsic to Extrinsic Continuum - Internalize behaviors that initially are extrinsically motivated
Intrinsic Motivation for Promoting Activity - DO
Emphasize individual mastery
Promote perceptions of choice
Promote fun and excitement of exercise
Promote a sense of purpose
Intrinsic Motivation for Promoting Activity - DONT
Over emphasize peer performance comparisons
Undermine an intrinsic focus by misusing extrinsic rewards
Turn exercise into a chore
Create a motivation by spreading fitness misinformation
Steps to apply theory
- Provide choice of activites
- Provide a rationale or activites
- Provide positive feedback for inc. confidence
- Promote process goals with mod difficulty
- Promote development of social relationships
Goal is to lead patient toward
Intrinsic Motivation
Attributions and Exercise
Attributes
- Perceived causes and reasons people give for an outcome or behavior
- relate to perceptions of control and motivation
Main attribution elements
Ability
Effort
Task difficulty
Luck
Implications
Adults will adopt exercise for health reasons, yet are more likely to continue because of intrinsic factors
Competence Motivation Theory
Perceived competence is related to exercise participation
Domain specific
Seek situations where competence is displayed
Motivation comes from feelings of competence with exercise
Amotivation from feelings of incompetence with exercise
Goal Orientation
Competence, success and failure are relative
- based on perception
- cultural and gender variations affect perception
Achievement Motivation
- ability oriented
- task oriented
- social approval oriented
Exercise Self-Schemata
Schemata - diagram or means of analyzing info
- guides the way we retrieve, select and itnerpret concepts, attributes and relations of attrbutes
Exerciser
Exercise is important to self image - consider themselves an exerciser