Stirring the motivational soup: within-person latent profiles of motivation in exercise

Table 3 Description of the six latent profiles based on standardized BREQ-2 variables for samples A and B

BREQ-II- variables	Profile1	Profile2	Profile3	Profile4	Profile5	Profile6
Sample A
Amot	−0.24*	−0.31*	−0.29*	−0.33*	−0.29*	1.03*
Ext reg	−0.32*	−0.40*	−0.41*	−0.44*	−0.08	1.05*
Introj reg	−0.78*	1.56*	−0.89*	0.16*	0.56*	0.10
Ident reg	−0.92*	1.09*	0.53*	0.95*	0.21*	−0.76*
Intrins mot	−0.58*	0.81*	0.79*	0.87*	−0.06	−0.85*
Sample B
Amot	−0.25*	−0.40*	−0.45*	−0.53*	−0.12	1.56*
Ext reg	−0.34*	−0.45*	−0.52*	−0.65*	1.50*	0.08
Introj reg	−0.32*	1.03*	−0.71*	−0.09	0.77*	−0.84*
Ident reg	−0.36*	0.77*	0.58*	1.22*	0.35*	−1.49*
Intrins mot	−0.33*	0.63*	0.79*	1.12*	0.11	−1.28*

Note: *p < .01
Sample A: Profile 1 = low motivation (n = 194,17.8%); Profile 2 = self-determined with high introjected regulation (n = 87, 8.0%); Profile 3 = self-determined with low introjected regulation (n = 200, 18.4%); Profile 4 = self-determined motivation (n = 115, 10.5%); Profile 5 = introjected and identified regulation (n = 263, 24.1%); Profile 6 = amotivated and controlled motivation (n = 230, 21.1%); Sample B : Profile 1 = low motivation (n = 140, 27.4%); Profile 2 = self-determined and high introjected regulation (n = 101, 19.8%); Profile 3 = self-determined and low introjected (n = 75, 14.7%); Profile 4 = self-determined motivation (n = 21, 4.1%); Profile 5 = extrinsic motivation (n = 90,17.6%); Profile 6 = amotivated (n = 84, 16.4%)

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