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ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2026

Can social capital motivate individuals to continue exercising? the case of group extreme conditioning program training.

Apostolia Ntovoli, Georgia Stavropoulou, Garyfallos Anagnostou, Panagiotis Papadopoulos, Athanasia Zourladani, Constantinos Giaginis, Kostas Alexandris

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Apostolia NtovoliSchool of Health Sciences, Department of Life and Health Sciences, Frederick University, Limassol, Cyprus.
Georgia StavropoulouLaboratory of Management of Sports, Recreation, and Tourism, School of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Garyfallos AnagnostouSchool of Health Sciences, Department of Life and Health Sciences, Frederick University, Limassol, Cyprus.
Panagiotis PapadopoulosLaboratory of Management of Sports, Recreation, and Tourism, School of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Athanasia ZourladaniLaboratory of Management of Sports, Recreation, and Tourism, School of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Constantinos GiaginisDepartment of Food Science & Nutrition, School of Environment, University of the Aegean, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Kostas AlexandrisLaboratory of Management of Sports, Recreation, and Tourism, School of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Introduction: Social capital is an important concept for individual and societal well-being today. This study aimed to test the relationships among social capital, exercise motivation, and intention to exercise, testing at the same time whether motivation mediates the relationship between social capital and intention to continue exercising. The study was conducted in the context of a group extreme conditioning program training, which has been distinct for its community image and committed member network. Methods: Five hundred and ninety questionnaires ( Results: The results indicated that social capital was an antecedent of both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, but also influenced exercise intention both directly and indirectly, through its influence on motivation. Conclusion: The trust and reciprocity dimensions of social capital were the most influential ones, while the network dimension had only an indirect relationship with intention, through motivation. The theoretical and applied implications of these results are discussed.

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exercise intentionexercise motivationgroup extreme conditioning program trainingself-determination theory (SDT)social capital

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