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000161661 001__ 161661 000161661 005__ 20251017144602.0 000161661 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102905 000161661 0248_ $$2sideral$$a144325 000161661 037__ $$aART-2025-144325 000161661 041__ $$aeng 000161661 100__ $$aLópez-Gajardo, Miguel Ángel 000161661 245__ $$aUnderstanding motivational dynamics: Longitudinal associations between motivation and physical activity in children 000161661 260__ $$c2025 000161661 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000161661 5203_ $$aThis study aims to test the longitudinal and reciprocal associations between autonomous and controlled motivation with physical activity (PA) behavior in children. These relationships were also inspected separately between boys and girls. A three-wave longitudinal study involving 502 children from primary school aged 9–11 years (Mage = 11.12; SD = 1.19; 160 boys [Mage = 10.53; SD = .53] and 131 girls [Mage = 10.49; SD = .53]), taking measures of each variable at three different times during nine months, was employed. Results indicated that boys' and girls' autonomous motivation was positively associated with higher PA behaviors over time. Furthermore, boys' and girls’ controlled motivation was positively related with PA only at Time 2 (T2); however, it was negatively related only in girls at Time 3 (T3). Also, higher PA behaviors perceived by boys and girls at Time 1 (T1) showed a positive relationship with autonomous motivation at T2, as well as PA (only perceived with boys) at T2 and autonomous motivation at T3. Only PA at T1 showed a positive and significant relationship with controlled motivation at T2 in boys. To conclude, children who are autonomously motivated tend to sustain their participation in PA longitudinally, and vice versa; those children motivated by controlled factors are promoted to exhibit diminished interest in such activities over time. 000161661 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/RTI2018-096619-A-I00$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/NextGenerationEU/INVESTIGO-048-17 000161661 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es 000161661 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000161661 700__ $$aTapia-Serrano, Miguel Ángel 000161661 700__ $$aBurgueño, Rafael 000161661 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-1543-5109$$aAbós, Ángel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000161661 700__ $$aLeo, Francisco M. 000161661 700__ $$aSánchez-Miguel, Pedro Antonio 000161661 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8115-0649$$aGarcía-González, Luis$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000161661 7102_ $$13001$$2187$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Expres.Music.Plást.Corp.$$cÁrea Didáctica Expres.Corporal 000161661 773__ $$g80 (2025), 102905 [7 pp.]$$pPSYCHOL SPORT EXERC$$tPSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE$$x1469-0292 000161661 8564_ $$s1209169$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/161661/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000161661 8564_ $$s2700360$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/161661/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000161661 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:161661$$particulos$$pdriver 000161661 951__ $$a2025-10-17-14:14:21 000161661 980__ $$aARTICLE
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