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Furthermore, this study investigated the moderating roles of exercise causality orientations in the mediation model.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Undergraduate students completed questionnaires with demographic information, the Needs Support Scale, Intrinsic Motivation Inventory, and Exercise Causality Orientations Scale. Data analyses were performed on data from 626 valid questionnaires to determine the relationship between the variables.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results demonstrated that the three causality orientations moderated the relationship between needs support and intrinsic motivation in different ways. Specifically, autonomy orientation strengthened the positive predictive effect of needs support on intrinsic motivation, control orientation had no moderating effect, and impersonal orientation weakened the positive association between needs support and intrinsic motivation-showing a negative predictive trend. The findings indicated that needs support may not always positively predict intrinsic motivation, especially unilaterally providing needs support is not associated with enhanced intrinsic motivation among individuals with high impersonal orientation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Thus, students with an impersonal orientation should be guided toward an autonomy orientation. 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