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Table 1 Correlations between Physical Activity, Affect, and Motivation

From: Domain-specific physical activity and affective wellbeing among adolescents: an observational study of the moderating roles of autonomous and controlled motivation

Variable

N

M

SD

Positive Affect

Negative Affect

Leisure-time PA

self-report

Active Travel self-report

Leisure-time PA objective

Active Travel objective

BREQ-2 autonomous

BREQ −2 controlled

MATSS autonomous

MATSS controlled

Positive Affect

1403

3.64

0.89

          

Negative Affect

1403

1.89

0.84

−.33***

         

Leisure-time PA: self-report

1317

3.41

1.20

.25***

−.15***

        

Active Travel: self-report

1414

0.50

0.43

−.04

−.00

.06

       

Leisure-time PA: objective

943

0.05

0.05

.05

−.10***

.18***

.01

      

Active Travel: objective

1007

0.22

0.17

−.04

−.12***

−.08

−.00

.11

     

BREQ-2 autonomous

1433

3.52

0.87

.47***

−.10**

.53***

.04

.05

.00

    

BREQ-2 controlled

1433

2.34

0.85

.07

.35***

.10

−.02

−.06

−.04

.31***

   

MATSS autonomous

1283

3.33

1.03

.43***

.02

.21***

−.04

.02

−.03

.53***

.27***

  

MATSS controlled

1283

2.15

0.93

.01

.28***

−.08

−.07

.05

.03

.03

.65***

.23***

 

BMI z-score

1177

7.00

1.09

−.04

.02

.02

.03

.05

−.01

.05

.13***

.05

.05

  1. BMI Body Mass Index, BREQ Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire, MATSS Motivation towards Active Travel to School Scale, PA physical activity. Affect and motivation were both measured on a Likert scale from 1 to 5
  2. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001