The Application and Prospect of Self-Determination Theory in the Field of Sports Health Promotion Research
Stimulating individual motivation to participate in sports is essential to promote healthy lifestyle chan-ges.This study combs and summarizes the important research results of self-determination theory in the field of sports health promotion,summarizes the achievements of existing research and the practical problems existing in the research,and puts forward the prospect of future research content and direction.At present,the research of SDT in the field of sports health promotion mainly focuses on six aspects:'sports health promotion behavior maintenance','individual dependence on sports health promotion behavior','individual enthusiasm for sports health promotion be-havior','individual perception of sports health promotion behavior','individual sports behavior and health causal orientation' and SDT-based sports health promotion experimental research.The existing research still has limita-tions in age,gender,previous health status and social environment,and can make progress in these aspects in the future.
self-determination theorysports health promotionmotivation for action