Transcontextual model of motivation in the preaching of healthy lifestyles

Abstract

The present paper has examined the application of the Transcontextual Model of motivation in the prediction of healthy lifestyles of veteran athletes. A sample of 682 Portuguese veteran athletes of both sexes, aged between 30 and 76 years (M = 43.64; SD = 8.25), were administered the following questionnaires: Satisfaction of needs basic psychological, self-determination motivation, planned behavioural variables and healthy lifestyles. From the conclusions reached in this work, it is important to emphasize the importance of fostering the basic psychological need of relatedness, since this will favour the intrinsic motivation, promoting greater control of behaviour over the intentions of practitioners, thus generating more healthy eating habits, resting habits and lower tobacco consumption.