Thus, the general aim of this work was to explore the association between physical activity, motivation, and psychological well-being in young adults. Although, it has been observed that the motivation to perform physical activity seems to be an important factor when starting and then keeping it up. However, recent years have seen an increase in the percentage of young adults showing high levels of inactivity. Physical activity is a key element in people’s health as it provides important physical benefits, as well as improves mental health and quality of life. Male sensitive evidence-based health promotion interventions should aim at promoting PA and PWB among male university students. PA was significantly associated with PWB among the young men.
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PA accounted for 2.5% and 1.2% of the variance of positive relations and purpose in life, respectively., Most of the young men had moderate levels of PA and PWB. 05) and accounted for 2.0% of the variance of personal growth. Vigorous PA METs showed significantly negative effect on personal growth (β = −0.28, p <. The total PA METs was significantly associated with self-acceptance (β = 0.13, p <. Total PA (total MET min/week) was associated with the total PWB scores (β = 0.13, p <. For the domains of PWB, male students had mean scores of 25.73 (SD = 6.05), 19.42 (SD = 6.82), 25.75 (6.10), 14.12 (SD = 3.89), 13.70 (SD = 4.04) and 21.12 (4.92) for self-acceptance, autonomy, positive relations, environmental mastery, purpose in life and personal growth, respectively. The mean total PWB score was 119.9 (SD = 23.64).
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Regarding PA, 16.0%, 64.2%, and 19.8% of the participants had low, moderate, and high PA levels, respectively. The mean age of the participants was 24.9 (SD = 7.61) and majority (39.1%) of the participants was aged 18–22 years. PA was measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), and PWB was measured by Ryff’s Scale of Psychological Well-being (PWB). An institutionally based cross-sectional study was completed by 243 young men aged 18–30 years in a Nigerian public university.
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This study aimed to evaluate the associations between physical activity (PA) and psychological well-being (PWB) among male university students.