![]() The ultrarunning group was driven more by qualitative motivations, like life meaning and affiliation. The researchers noticed a significant difference: Shorter-distance runners rated psychological coping, self-esteem, competition, health, and weight concern as larger motivators than their ultrarunner colleagues. ![]() Then, they separated the participants into two groups: ultrarunners-those who raced longer than 50K distances-and runners who competed in shorter distances. The participants rated the importance of each motivation on a seven-point scale. They divided the motivations into four categories: psychological (life meaning, self-esteem), achievement (personal goal achievement, competition), social (affiliation, recognition), and physical (health orientation, weight concern). In the study, which was recently published in Psychology Research and Behavior Management, researchers asked 1,539 volunteer Polish runners to complete an online questionnaire about their motivations to run. ![]() Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
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