A tertiary aim of this study was to examine differences in the different motivation types in male versus female participants,low versus high educated patients,in first-episode versus multi-episode patients and in inpatients versus out patients.Significant differences were observed between in-and outpatients,where outpatients experienced significantly more external and introjected regulations. A possible explanation for the difference in motivation could be situated in the environment of out patients. It might be that outpatients experience more pressure from their family and friends to
be physically active while feeling guilty or ashamed when they do not comply with these demands. More research is needed to explore in detail these differences in identified and intrinsic regulation between in-and outpatients.