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- Jonsson, Linus, 1986-, et al.
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Rationale and development of individual counseling based on self-determination theory and motivational interviewing
- 2014
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In: ISBNPA 2014 Abstract Book. ; , s. 282-282
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose: In a recent published article series in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity a marriage between Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) was proposed. The purpose of the present paper is to describe the rationale and development of individual counseling, based on the tenets of SDT and techniques drawn from MI, used to promote exercise adherence.Methods: A review of the literature relevant to the marriage of SDT and MI was conducted, and a counseling approach based on SDT and MI progressed. Guidelines for how to support individuals basic needs in individual counseling and scripts for individual counselling sessions to promote exercise adherence was developed.Results: To support the individuals need for autonomy, competence and relatedness different techniques and approaches was proposed. The counseling technique is now being tested in a randomized control intervention (intervention group (n=50), control group (n=50)) to promote regular exercise among healthy, inactive adults.Conclusions: This paper outlines the rationale and development of individual counseling based on SDT and MI. Although a ‘complete marriage’ between SDT and MI may not be possible, an initial step towards a ‘new’ counseling approach has been made.
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- Weman-Josefsson, Karin Anna, 1975-, et al.
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Digital Innovations and Self-determined exercise motivation : an interdisciplinary approach
- 2015
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In: Proceedings of The 6th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics: IMCIC March 2015. Orlando, Florida..
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In face of escalating health care costs, new technology holds great promise for innovative solutions and new, more sustainable health care models. Technology centers around the individual, allowing for greater autonomy and control in health issues and access to tailored information and customized health behavior interventions. While this offers good opportunities for both public health impact and improved well-being at individual levels, it also emphasizes the need for properly designed e-health models firmly based on scientific principles and adequate theoretical frameworks. Consequently, this project aims to design an interactive tool utilizing an interdisciplinary approach combining motivational theory with the fields of information technology and business model innovation. In collaboration with two companies from the e-health industry, the purpose is to design, apply and evaluate a person-centered interactive prototype for maintainable and self-determined exercise motivation.
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- Weman-Josefsson, Karin Anna, 1975-, et al.
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Need satisfaction, Motivational regulations and Exercise: Moderation and mediation effects.
- 2015
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In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. - London : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1479-5868. ; 12:May
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background Based on the Self-determination theory process model, this study aimed to explore relationships between the latent constructs of psychological need satisfaction, autonomous motivation and exercise behaviour; the mediational role of autonomous motivation in the association of psychological need satisfaction with exercise behaviour; as well as gender and age differences in the aforementioned associations. Methods Adult active members of an Internet-based exercise program (n=1091) between 18 and 78 years of age completed a test battery on motivational aspects based on Self-determination theory. The Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale and the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2 were used to measure need satisfaction and type of motivation and the Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire to measure self-reported exercise. Results Need satisfaction predicted autonomous motivation, which in turn predicted exercise, especially for women. Autonomous motivation was found to mediate the association between need satisfaction and exercise. Age and gender moderated several of the paths in the model linking need satisfaction with motivation and exercise. Conclusion The results demonstrated gender and age differences in the proposed sequential mechanisms between autonomous motivation and exercise in the process model. This study thus highlights a potential value in considering moderating factors and the need to further examine the underlying mechanisms between needs, autonomous motivation, and exercise behaviour.
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- Weman-Josefsson, Anna Karin, 1975, et al.
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Att arbeta praktiskt inom träning, fysisk aktivitet och hälsa
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In: Motivation inom träning, hälsa och idrott: Ett självbestämmande perspektiv. - Lund : Studentlitteratur. - 9789144116020 ; , s. 207-264
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Många människor är aktiva av naturen och verkar ha en inre drivkraft för att röra sig, något som är särskilt tydligt inom idrott. Fysisk aktivitet och motion (eller träning) är däremot aktiviteter som kanske inte lika ofta drivs av inre drivkrafter, vilket gör internalisering och behovsstöd till viktiga förutsättningar för att hållbara motionsbeteenden och regelbunden fysisk aktivitet ska kunna främjas i vardagen. I detta kapitel kommer vi beskriva interventioner och program som syftar till att främja dessa beteenden och diskutera hur självbestämmandeteorin (SDT) kan användas för beteendeförändring inom några tillämpningsområden som praktiker på fältet kan röra sig inom, t ex hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal, personliga tränare, hälsopedagoger, gruppträningsinstruktörer.
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- Weman-Josefsson, Anna Karin, 1975
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You don’t have to love it - Exploring the mechanisms of exercise motivation using self-determination theory in a digital context
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Most Western countries have developed guidelines and programs to inform and promote regular physical activity and exercise behaviours in order to gain desired health benefits for the population. Unfortunately, health statistics show that many people do not reach these recommended activity levels. Research has also demonstrated that approximately half of those who actually try fail to maintain regular exercise habits. Theoretical understanding of the mechanisms of motivation is of great importance for how to enhance the knowledge of how interventions promoting sustainable exercise motivation and behaviour can be designed. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the motivational processes behind physical activity and exercise behaviours, with the self-determination theory as a guiding framework. Previous research and practice have generated ample knowledge of what works in exercise and physical activity promotion on a general level, but less is known about why it works, that is, the underlying mechanisms. Because interventions operate through mediating processes, the study of indirect effects and motivational mechanisms may forward mean level research and has the potential to provide knowledge of how observed intervention effects could be interpreted and understood. A key finding of this thesis was that analyses of Study I and IV showed patterns of need satisfaction, motivational regulations, and exercise differing across age and gender, indicating that motivational mechanisms could vary (qualitatively) in different subgroups. These findings support the idea that a generic method will not be successful in all situations and for all participants (i.e., one size does not fit all). Based on the results of Study II and IV, a second key finding is that the mediating mechanisms of the process model can be manipulated in an intervention by, for example, creating need-supportive environments facilitating internalization and subsequent exercise behaviour. In line with previous research, both Study I and II demonstrated identified regulation as playing a prominent role in the motivational processes, supporting the significance of internalizing the values behind a certain behaviour for the regulation of potentially challenging activities such as exercise. This is also why you don’t have to love it as long as it suits your life routines and feels valuable to you. A third key finding is related to the findings of Study III, which provide preliminary support for the notions behind “motivational soup” by showing motivational profiles based on person-centred analyses. Finally, in Study IV, amotivation was involved in significant main (time) effects and also played an unexpected role in the motivational processes of younger adults.
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- Weman-Josefsson, Karin Anna, 1975-
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EXPLORING MOTIVATIONAL MECHANISMS IN EXERCISE BEHAVIOUR : Applying Self-determination theory in a person-centred approach
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Licentiate thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Involvement in physical activity (PA) and exercise behaviour is multifaceted and depends on bidirectional correlations between multiple factors; one avenue to increase the understanding of sustainable exercise behaviours would be to employ a motivational perspective. In this thesis, this was done by placing the primary focus on Self-determination theory (SDT) as a person-centred approach to study the motivational mechanisms believed to impact exercise behaviour based on the SDT process model. Study 1, conducted in a cross-sectional design, included 1,091 members of a web-based exercise service. Based on sophisticated mediation analysis, the results support the hypothesized associations between latent constructs and exercise behaviour in the related steps of the SDT process model. Moreover, moderating effects were discovered, demonstrating that these associations could differ in different subgroups based on gender and age. The results of Study 1 thereby represent a first indication that exercise intervention design might benefit from slightly different approaches when addressing different demographical groups like gender and age. Study 2 was conducted in a two-wave RCT design to test an SDT-informed intervention on 64 voluntary participants. Components of Motivational interviewing (MI), the Relapse prevention model (RPM) and Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) were used as practical application guidelines to deliver the intervention content. Results showed intervention effects on exercise level, exercise intensity and motivation quality as well as mediating effects of the RAI (Relative Autonomy Index; an index of the degree of self-determination), and identified regulation in relation to exercise behaviour. The experimental group also demonstrated significantly lower levels of extrinsic motivation than the control group post-intervention. Besides strong support for applying the basic tenets of SDT in the exercise domain, there are some main findings in this thesis. First of all, self-determined motivation was found to act as a mediating variable in the relationship between psychological need satisfaction and exercise, and these patterns of indirect effects differed across age and gender. This indicates that mechanisms in the SDT process model could vary (qualitatively) depending on subgroup, which carries potential implications for practice. Second, the results of Study 2 also provide evidence that the mediating mechanisms of the process model could be manipulated in an intervention, e.g. by creating need-supportive environments facilitating internalization and subsequent exercise behaviour. Furthermore, both studies demonstrated that identified regulation plays a prominent role in the motivational processes, supporting the significance of promoting internalization in activities like exercise. Finally, this thesis represents prospective value for the utility of employing a polytheoretical approach in exercise intervention design, more specifically regarding the prosperous outlooks in combining SDT with other theories and methods.
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- Weman-Josefsson, Karin Anna, 1975-, et al.
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Psykosocial arbetsmiljö och hälsa
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Book (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Psykosociala aspekter av arbetet påverkar vår upplevelse av tillfredsställelse och välbefinnande i arbetslivet. Eftersom vi tillbringar en stor del av vårt vuxna liv på arbetet har dessa förhållanden följaktligen en betydande inverkan på vår hälsa. Syftet med den här boken är att samla, systematisera och integrera den kunskap som finns om psykosocial arbetsmiljö och hälsa och ge en överblick över hur arbetsmiljöarbete har utvecklats historiskt och hur det ser ut idag. Likaså behandlas konkreta strategier för att förbättra den psykosociala arbetsmiljön på olika sätt, samt vilka utmaningar som det moderna arbetslivet kan ge upphov till i framtiden.Boken riktar sig främst till studenter i högre utbildning inom arbets- och organisationspsykologi, men är även tänkt att fungera i utbildning på andra nivåer och i praktisk verksamhet ute på arbetsplatser.Det är en lärd bok i ordets goda betydelse. Lugnt och sansat serveras studenterna en översikt över hur tänkandet, forskandet och handlandet kring arbetsmiljö har utvecklat sig och ser ut idag ? Det finns alla förutsättningar för att denna bok ska väcka nyfikenhet och forskningslust hos studenterna. Det förtjänar arbetsmiljön som är en så viktig del av de flesta vuxna människors liv. (Ur professor emeritus Töres Theorells förord)
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