Biggs, Daniel P. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8649-7932, Mallinson-Howard, Sarah H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8525-1540, Jowett, Gareth E. and Hall, Howard K.
(2022)
Perfectionism and Exercise Dependence: the Role of Basic Psychological Needs and Introjected Regulation.
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 22 (3).
pp. 1568-1581.
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Abstract
Using a self-determination theory (SDT) framework, the aims of our study were to examine the perfectionism-exercise dependence relationships, and whether basic psychological needs and introjected regulation explained these relationships. Distance runners (n = 260, M age: = 42.41 years; SD: = 11.95 years, n = 144 female) completed measures of multidimensional perfectionism (self-oriented perfectionism (SOP); socially prescribed perfectionism (SPP)), basic psychological need satisfaction and thwarting, introjected regulation, and exercise dependence. Bivariate correlations revealed significant positive SOP-exercise dependence and SPP-exercise dependence relationships. Structural equation modelling suggested that, in combination, perfectionism, basic psychological need satisfaction/thwarting and introjected regulation accounted for large amounts of variance in exercise dependence. Tests of indirect effects showed that the SPP-exercise dependence relationship was mediated by basic psychological need thwarting and introjected regulation. Our findings suggest that while the SOP-exercise dependence relationship is more direct, need thwarting and introjected regulation represent a motivational signature of SPP and exercise dependence.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11469-022-00943-6 |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| School/Department: | School of Science, Technology and Health |
| URI: | https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/7112 |
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