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Effects of a physical activity program on post-bariatric patients: A qualitative study from a self-determination theory perspective

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posted on 2018-05-29, 12:58 authored by David Gonzalez-Cutre, Angel Megias, Vicente J. Beltran-Carrillo, Eduardo Cervello, Christopher SprayChristopher Spray
This study provides an in-depth analysis of the psychosocial benefits that 10 post-bariatric patients (nine female, 31–59 years) perceived from their participation in an exercise program grounded in self-determination theory. Qualitative data were collected through observations and interviews. Participants reported many factors which facilitated basic psychological need satisfaction such as the instructors caring about their opinion, affection, fitness improvement, pain reduction, and knowledge acquisition. These factors were associated with autonomous motivation, enjoyment, intention to be physically active, happiness, and self-confidence. The results suggest that self-determination theory-based exercise programs could be designed to achieve positive outcomes in this population.

Funding

This study was carried out with the aid of the research projects: “Physical and psychological effects of an exercise program in bariatric patients” (UEM2.11X), funded by the Escuela de Estudios Universitarios Real Madrid-Universidad Europea de Madrid and “Physiological and psychological effects of a physical activity program on bariatric patients,” funded by Fundacion MAPFRE.

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School

  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Journal of Health Psychology

Volume

25

Issue

10-11

Pages

1743-1754

Citation

GONZALEZ-CUTRE, D. ... et al, 2018. Effects of a physical activity program on post-bariatric patients: A qualitative study from a self-determination theory perspective. Journal of Health Psychology, 25(10-11), pp. 1743-1754.

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SAGE Publications © The Authors

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2018-03-03

Publication date

2018-05-03

Copyright date

2020

Notes

This paper was published in the journal Journal of Health Psychology and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105318770729.

ISSN

1359-1053

eISSN

1461-7277

Language

  • en

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