UNCOVERING THE MOTIVATIONAL STRUCTURE OF EXERCISE: A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES

IF 0.2 Q4 SPORT SCIENCES
Vojko Vučković, T. Kajtna
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This study examined the relationship between demographic variables and exercise motivation. 764 exercisers from the 18 largest Slovenian fitness clubs completed the Exercise Motivation Inventory-2 questionnaire, which was combined with other demographic questions. The analysis confirmed that men exercise different reasons than women. Young adults crave social recognition and exposure, but also want to get stronger and compete with others. Older adults exercise because they want to recover, stay healthy, control their weight, and stay mobile. Participants who played competitive sports in their youth now exercise because they enjoy exercise, feel challenged, and compete, but also because they want to be recognized socially more than non-competitors who exercise primarily for health reasons. Single people have statistically significantly different motivations to exercise than people who are in a relationship or married, mainly affiliation and social recognition. In contrast, married people exercise mainly for health reasons. Employment status also has an impact on exercise motivation, as does education. People with higher education levels exercise more for health reasons, while less educated people exercise for challenge, competition, and social recognition. These findings highlight the practical importance of motivational structure among athletes from different demographic backgrounds.
揭示运动的动机结构:人口变量影响的研究
这项研究考察了人口统计学变量与运动动机之间的关系。来自斯洛文尼亚18家最大健身俱乐部的764名锻炼者完成了锻炼动机清单-2问卷,该问卷与其他人口统计问题相结合。分析证实,男性锻炼的原因与女性不同。年轻人渴望社会认可和曝光,但也希望变得更强大,与他人竞争。老年人锻炼是因为他们想恢复、保持健康、控制体重和保持灵活性。年轻时参加过竞技体育的参与者现在锻炼是因为他们喜欢锻炼、感到挑战和竞争,但也因为他们比主要出于健康原因锻炼的非竞争对手更希望得到社会认可。从统计数据来看,单身人士锻炼的动机与恋爱或已婚人士明显不同,主要是关系和社会认可。相比之下,已婚人士锻炼主要是出于健康原因。就业状况对运动动机也有影响,教育也是如此。受教育程度较高的人锻炼更多是出于健康原因,而受教育程度较低的人锻炼是为了挑战、竞争和社会认可。这些发现强调了动机结构在不同人口背景的运动员中的实际重要性。
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