Effects of the “MAMI Deporte®” Family Sports Program on Parents’ Motivation towards Sport Participation: A Randomized Controlled Intervention
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Burgueño Mengibar, Rafael; Morales Ortiz, Esther; Macarro Moreno, José; Medina Casaubón, Jesús Manuel; Cueto Martín, María BelénEditorial
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Materia
Self-determined motivation Autonomous motivation Controlled motivation Behavioral regulation Family physical activity intervention Family sports intervention Sport in family
Fecha
2020Referencia bibliográfica
Burgueño, R.; Morales-Ortíz, E.; Macarro-Moreno, J.; Medina-Casaubón, J.; Cueto-Martín, B. Effects of the “MAMI Deporte®” Family Sports Program on Parents’ Motivation towards Sport Participation: A Randomized Controlled Intervention. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7477. [https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187477]
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University of Granada 15-83Resumen
As most parents do not meet physical activity (PA) recommendations, new PA promotion
strategies need to be developed considering the role of motivation as an essential underlying factor
of PA behavior. Recreational sports programs practiced in the family would represent an effective
strategy to promote PA for the entire family in general, and for parents in particular. Building
upon self-determination theory, the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the Active
Methodology for Improving Sports Initiation (MAMI Deporte®) program on parents’ behavioral
regulation. The participants were 58 parents (50% men) and 78 children (48.71% boys), who were
randomized into a control group (29 parents and 39 children), which followed its habitual sports
activity over 8 months, and an experimental group (29 parents and 39 children), which completed
the MAMI Deporte® program. Specifically, the MAMI Deporte® program focused on simultaneous
participation between parents and children in multisports activities, including 32 lessons distributed
into 2 h/week for 8 months. Pre-and-post-intervention measures were collected. The results showed
significant differences in the parents’ level of intrinsic motivation, integrated regulation, identified
regulation and introjected regulation in favor of the experimental group. Nonsignificant effects were
found for gender. These results were discussed, highlighting the internalization process of the value
of sport in the family experienced by parents after the MAMI Deporte® family-based sports program.