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May 20, 2025
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Examining motivation patterns among recreational sport participants with different PERMA levels

Publicated to: Managing Sport and Leisure. - 2025-05-16 (), DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2025.2494544

Authors:

Ntovoli; A; Shiyi; L; Polyakova; O; Karagiorgos; T; Alexandris; K
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Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Sch PE & Sport Sci, Thessaloniki, Greece - Author
Frederick Univ, Dept PE & Sport Sci, Limassol, Cyprus - Author
Sheffield Hallam Univ, Sheffield Business Sch, Sheffield, England - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Fac Phys Act & Sport Sci INEF, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

PurposeThis paper aimed to use PERMA, a holistic measure of perceived well-being, to cluster recreational sport participants and further validate the clusters, based on scores of motivations and intentions to continue exercising.MethodologyThe self-determination theory was used to study motivation. The sample of this study consisted of three hundred and eighteen (N = 318) adult individuals in Greece. The PERMA profiler and SRQ-E were used to measure the study's main variables.FindingsThe results indicated that PERMA is a valid tool for clustering recreational sports participants. The group with the highest PERMA scores had higher scores in the intrinsic motivation dimension, the identified and integrated regulations sub-dimensions, and behavioural intentions.Practical ImplicationsExercise providers should create exercise environments that promote the most autonomous motives, related to fun, enjoyment, and pleasure. Strategies to satisfy the psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness are important to building perceived well-being and increasing individuals' loyalty to the programmes.Research contributionThe study contributes to the literature by profiling the first individuals with different well-being levels, as measured holistically by PERMA, based on their motivation dimensions. It addresses the past contradicted findings on the relationship between extrinsic motivation and well-being among recreational sport participants.
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Keywords

Behavioural intentionsCausalitConstraintsExerciseExtrinsic motivationHealthIntrinsic motivationLeisureModelPermaRecreational sport participatioRecreational sport participationScaleSelf-determination theory

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Managing Sport and Leisure due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q3 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Management.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-02:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 5.

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Cyprus; Greece; Macedonia; United Kingdom.

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