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DOI: 10.18276/cej.2025.3-03
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Vol. 51, No. 3/2025
Physical Activity, Well-being Regulation and Motivational Orientation in Disadvantaged Populations: A Preliminary Case study in a French Priority Neighborhood
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Nounagnon F.
Agbangla
Univ. Artois, Univ. Lille, Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, ULR 7369 - URePSSS - Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, Liévin, France Faculté des Sports et de l’Education Physique - Chemin du marquage - 62800, Liévin, France Isabelle Caby
Univ. Artois, Univ. Lille, Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, ULR 7369 - URePSSS - Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, Liévin, France Faculté des Sports et de l’Education Physique - Chemin du marquage - 62800, Liévin, France Annie Carton
Univ. Artois, Univ. Lille, Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, ULR 7369 - URePSSS - Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, Liévin, France Faculté des Sports et de l’Education Physique - Chemin du marquage - 62800, Liévin, France Nicolas Blondel
Univ. Artois, Univ. Lille, Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, ULR 7369 - URePSSS - Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, Liévin, France Faculté des Sports et de l’Education Physique - Chemin du marquage - 62800, Liévin, France Williams Nuytens
Univ. Artois, Univ. Lille, Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, ULR 7369 - URePSSS - Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, Liévin, France Faculté des Sports et de l’Education Physique - Chemin du marquage - 62800, Liévin, France |
| Keywords: | disadvantaged neighborhood physical activity motivational orientation barriers |
| Whole issue publication date: | 2025 |
| Page range: | 13 (33-45) |
Abstract
Our study first examines the socio-demographic and psychological characteristics, and the practice of physical activities of the residents of a priority neighborhood of the local urban policy of the French northern mining basin. Second, this study seeks to identify the obstacles to exercise physical activity among the same residents, in order to propose an integrated solution for offering adapted physical activities. The field surveys collected socio-demographic data from 87 residents (M= 45.55, SD=15.46 years; 67 women and 20 men) and measured physical activity level (Ricci and Gagnon test), well-being regulation (Diagnofeel) and motivational orientation (Motivational Orientation Questionnaire) through self-reported questionnaires. Our results allow us to distinguish two categories among these disadvantaged groups: an active and a non-active. We show that, apart from the regulation of well-being, the non-active group has the same characteristics as the active one along the other variables measured. Indeed, active people differ significantly from non-active people in their engagement in physical activity [t (85) = 4.29, p < .001] and pleasure [t (85) = 2.3, p = .024] to regulate well-being despite facing the same barriers and having similar needs as the general population. This is worth considering when developing physical activity engagement strategies and programs.
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