The present research focused on the phenomenon of motivational contagion while being physically active. It can be assumed that communication with significant others impacts upon a person's behavior in situations where communication or interaction is not explicitly intended to change behavior. Specifically, the purpose of the two present studies was to examine the effect of positive (i.e., intrinsically connoted) and negative (i.e., extrinsically connoted) self‐disclosure from a confederate on the motivational state of an individual simultaneously exercising with the confederate. These studies sought to replicate the experimental study of Scarapicchia, Andersen, & Bengoechea (2013). In addition, to test the further assumption that the relationship impacts upon contagion processes, we included a short team‐building intervention involving our confederate and the participant in order to manipulate the relationship quality (Study 1) and to compare friends with strangers (Study 2). Our results show that the participants who were exposed to the intrinsic cues (e.g., “I enjoy riding the bike, it's great that there is a study about it”) reported greater interest and enjoyment while exercising on the bicycle ergometer than those who were exposed to extrinsic cues (e.g., “I don't enjoy cycling at all. I'm only participating because my teacher told me to do so”). The relationship between the confederate and participant was not found to affect the main effect.

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运动过程中的动机传染和人际关系的作用：一项实验研究

目前的研究集中在身体活动时动机传染的现象。可以假设，在没有明确意图改变交流或互动的情况下，与重要他人的交流会影响一个人的行为。具体而言，这两项当前研究的目的是检验同盟者积极（即内在地暗示）和消极（即外在地暗示）自我披露对与同盟者同时锻炼的个体的动机状态的影响。这些研究试图复制Scarapicchia，Andersen和Bengoechea（2013）的实验研究。另外，为了测试进一步的假设，即关系会影响传染过程，我们进行了一次简短的团队建设干预，涉及我们的同盟者和参与者，以操纵关系质量（研究1）并比较朋友和陌生人（研究2）。我们的结果表明，暴露于内在线索的参与者（例如，“我喜欢骑自行车，这是一项很好的研究”）报告说，与那些暴露于内在的自行车测力计上的参与者相比，他们有更大的兴趣和乐趣（例如，“我根本不喜欢骑自行车。我之所以参加是因为我的老师告诉我这样做”）。未发现同盟与参与者之间的关系会影响主要效果。我们的结果表明，暴露于内在线索的参与者（例如，“我喜欢骑自行车，这是一项很好的研究”）报告说，与那些暴露于内在的自行车测力计上的参与者相比，他们有更大的兴趣和乐趣（例如，“我根本不喜欢骑自行车。我之所以参加是因为老师告诉我要这样做”）。未发现同盟与参与者之间的关系会影响主要效果。我们的结果表明，暴露于内在线索的参与者（例如，“我喜欢骑自行车，这是一项很好的研究”）报告说，与那些暴露于内在的自行车测力计上的参与者相比，他们有更大的兴趣和乐趣（例如，“我根本不喜欢骑自行车。我之所以参加是因为老师告诉我要这样做”）。未发现同盟与参与者之间的关系会影响主要效果。