Development of a tool for quantifying need-supportive coaching in technology-mediated exercise classes |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention, University of California, Irvine, USA;2. Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of California, Irvine, USA;3. School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, USA;4. Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, USA |
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Abstract: | Technology-mediated interventions to promote physical activity are growing in popularity and appear to be effective for supporting continued adherence for some people. Some of this efficacy may be related to the cultivation of motivation that is self-determined (i.e., autonomous), which is posited to arise from the satisfaction of three basic psychological needs: competence, relatedness, and autonomy. We developed an observational coding tool for quantifying the frequency of needs-supportive and needs-indifferent coaching during technology-mediated exercise classes. The Peloton Instructor Needs-Supportive Coaching (PINC) tool shows evidence of reliability (average kappa = .91). We also demonstrated the utility of the PINC for characterizing needs-supportive coaching profiles across 4 different types of classes (Beginner, Power Zone, Groove, and High-Intensity Interval Training) and the construct validity of the PINC with respect to examining the relationship of needs-supportive coaching to intrinsic motivation. The PINC offers a useful tool with which future studies could evaluate whether and how instructor coaching impacts self-determined motivation to exercise within a technology-mediated context. |
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Keywords: | Technology-mediated Self-determination theory Relatedness Competence Autonomy |
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