Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to examine urban and rural adolescents’ behavioral regulation in exercise according to their body weight status. The sample size consisted of 513 adolescents (51.5% males, 48.5% females) aged 15-18 (M = 16.49, SD = 1.11) years old and living in urban and rural areas in Turkey. The Turkish version of Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaires-2 was used as a measurement tool for the study. The study demonstrated a significant difference in the sub-domain of amotivation toward exercise between urban and rural groups (p < .05). However, scores on external intrisinc and introjected sub-domains and the relative autonomy index were not significantly different (p > .05). Our results indicated that urban adolescents were less motivated to do exercise than rural adolescents. OB adolescents living in rural areas had higher amotivation to exercise than NW ones.

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