Table 2 Bivariate correlations among children’s (N = 462) motivation, psychological need satisfaction and physical activity
M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Intrinsic motivation | 4.514 | .648 | - | |||||||
2. | Identified regulation | 4.255 | .742 | .567 | - | ||||||
(<.001) | |||||||||||
3. | Introjected regulation | 3.254 | .929 | .247 | .379 | - | |||||
(<.001) | (<.001) | ||||||||||
4. | External regulation | 2.423 | 1.050 | .029 | .169 | .494 | - | ||||
(.539) | (<.001) | (<.001) | |||||||||
5. | Autonomy need satisfaction | 4.112 | .602 | .548 | .472 | .194 | -.061 | - | |||
(<.001) | (<.001) | (<.001) | (.191) | ||||||||
6. | Competence need satisfaction | 3.868 | .669 | .448 | .363 | .243 | -.011 | .585 | - | ||
(<.001) | (<.001) | (<.001) | (.818) | (<.001) | |||||||
7. | Relatedness need satisfaction | 4.029 | .726 | .419 | .364 | .246 | .077 | .534 | .562 | - | |
(<.001) | (<.001) | (<.001) | (.099) | (<.001) | (<.001) | ||||||
8. | Moderate-to-vigorous PA (min per day) | 57.937 | 20.993 | .174 | .031 | .002 | .016 | .128 | .139 | .099 | - |
(<.001) | (.505) | (.966) | (.726) | (.006) | (.003) | (.033) |