ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2025
The Relationship Between Motivation for Physical Activity, Physical Activity Level, and Body Mass Index for University Students.
Article in Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cross-cultural differences in exercise motivation among U.S. and Korean college students: evidence from the Exercise Motivations Inventory-2 (EMI-2).Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Barriers, motivations and physical activity among medical students: a comparative study between the University of Seville (Spain) and Paris-Saclay University (France).Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Physical fitness indicators and physical activity behind self-determined motivation in Emirati female college students.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Physical exercise and academic performance among students in the medical field at Jordanian Universities.PloS one · 2026Article
- Analysis of lifestyle factors associated with physical activity participation among university female students using deep belief networks.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Physical activity barriers, nutrition, motivation, and body composition in university students.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Subjective Well-Being: Gender Differences Among Slovak University Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The motivational function of goals in physical activity: a cross-cultural comparison.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Autonomous motivation: school leaders as key drivers of physical activity in the Global Health Program.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The object of the study was to identify the relationship between the motivation for physical activity, the physical activity index (PAI), and the body mass index (BMI) for a sample of university students, taking into consideration the gender difference. The study subjects were 813 (340 men and 473 women), and the age range of the participants varied between 18 and 25 years. The RM 4-FM (Motivation for Physical Activity and Exercise) and PAI online questionnaires were applied to measure the motivation and the physical activity level. The study's novelty focused on analyzing how intrinsic and extrinsic motivation interact and correlate BMI and physical activity levels (PAI). Regarding gender, we approached the identification of motivational differences and the level of physical activity of students from non-sports faculties to identify relevant aspects for promoting proactive behaviors. Results revealed significant gender differences: men had a higher PAI (53.48 ± 28.11) than women (36.67 ± 23.92,
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.