Developing Real Incentives and Volition for Exercise Project
Abstract
The overall goal of the Developing Real Incentives and Volition for Exercise (DRIVE) Project is to evaluate whether matching an intervention to individual differences in motivation (high autonomous vs high controlled) is a feasible strategy for engaging African American women in greater total physical activity (PA). The DRIVE Project will develop and evaluate two novel interventions: 1) a challenge-focused program that targets greater PA enjoyment, PA valuation, and relatedness through team-based activities, behavioral skills, and a positive social climate; and 2) a rewards-focused program that targets greater PA competency and relatedness through financial incentives, behavioral skills, and structured social support. To this end, the investigators will be implementing a randomized pilot study at a community center. It is hypothesized that participants who receive an intervention that is matched to their motivation for PA initiation (High Autonomous \& Challenge-Focused; High Controlled \& Rewards-Focused) will demonstrate greater improvements from baseline to post- in total physical activity than those who receive an unmatched intervention (High Autonomous \& Rewards-Focused; High Controlled \& Challenge-Focused). The DRIVE project will provide proof-of-concept for the feasibility and usefulness of developing motivationally-targeted intervention programs for engaging African American women in greater PA.
Conditions: Physical Activity.
Primary outcome: Change in total…
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Evidence Hub reads this as a randomized trial, done in people. Its evidence level is 2 of 5 (High · randomized trial). Randomized trials of a reasonable size are the strongest single-study design. Reported size: 68 participants or records.
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