Operationally ready: the association between motivation, psychological needs and health behaviours in Royal Naval personnel
The data suggest that creating need-supportive military environments fosters autonomous motivation-promoting positive health-related behaviours. Establishing need-supportive environments during early-career phases could improve effectiveness in supporting positive health behaviours and mitigating MSKI risk.
Authors
- Joanne L. Fallowfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0606-8343)
- Max J. Western (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1107-8498)
- Sandra Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7004-4681)
- James Bilzon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6701-7603)
- Madeleine C Warmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3985-052X)
Institutions
- Royal Navy (GB)
- Arthritis UK (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Military Health
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2025-003168
- Primary Topic
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00