Motivation and Physical Activity of College Students

 




 

Tan, Jing-Yang (2019) Motivation and Physical Activity of College Students. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the motivation and physical activity of college students. To date, there were no studies that focused on motivation and physical activity of TARUC students in Malaysia. The conceptual framework of this study include eight subscales of motivation. The eight sub-scales consisted of 40 items: „competition/ego‟ (5 items), „appearance‟ (5 items), „others‟ expectations‟ (5 items), „affiliation‟ (5 items), „physical condition‟ (5 items), „psychological condition‟ (5 items), „mastery‟ (5 items) and „enjoyment‟ (5 items). A total 380 participants were chosen to answer the questionnaire in order to meet the requirements and criteria of this study. The raw scores of the Physical Activity Index and Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale (PALMS) were used for analysis. The items for Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale were weighted on a 5 points Likert Scale which were from 1 (Strongly Disagree), 2 (Disagree), 3 (Neutral), 4 (Agree) to 5 (Strongly Agree). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data collected. Inferential statistics such as independent t-test and one-way ANOVA were used. T-test and ANOVA used to determine whether differences existed in motivation mean scores according to gender, age group and physical activity level. The correlation between motivation and physical activity outcome measure was calculated using the Pearson‟s product moment correlation.All t-test, ANOVA and Pearson‟s product moment correlation in this study were carried out using SPSS version 24. The significance for all test were at the 0.05 level. If the test was significant after using One-way ANOVA, a post-hoc test which is Turkey-HSD was used for the analyses. The major findings of this study were as follows: 1) The sample consisted of 57% of respondents were age between 20 to 22 years old, almost 34% was 19 and below and almost 9% was in 23 and above years old category. Majority of male respondents (52.1%) and female respondents (62.1%) were in 20 -22 years old category. 2) The whole sample consists of 64.7% if respondents were undergraduate students and 35.3% was diploma students. For undergraduate student category, there were 58.4% male respondents and 71.1% female respondents. 3) For the whole sample, 54.5% of respondents lived with family. 53.7% of male respondents lived with family while 55.3% female respondents lived with family. 4) The three most common mode of transport used to commute to university college were bus (35.5%) and driver a car alone (26.6%) and ride a car with others (16.1%). These three modes of transport were used by a total of 78.2% of the whole sample respondents. 5) In terms of physical activity participation, 79.7% preferred participated in exercise activities for whole sample. Similar trend for male respondents. While, female respondents preferred exercise activities, followed by individual sport and creative, cultural and social activities. 6) As for partner for participating in physical activity, 78.2% of whole sample preferred friends. 76.3% of female respondents and 80% of male respondents preferred friends as their partners to do physical activities. 7) In terms of Physical Activity Index Score Rating, almost 20% of respondents achieved good category and only 2.9% obtained the excellent category. For female respondents, almost 37% in need improvement and 31.1% in fair category. About 18% of male respondents in average category and 30.5% in good category. In terms of PAI score rating, the performance of male respondents exceeded than of female respondents. 8) In terms of motivation sub-scales according gender, Male respondents perceived physical condition as primary motive to engage in physical activity factor more than female respondents. 9) In terms of age groups, no significant differences were found in any of the eight motivation sub-scales. 10) In terms of PAI score rating, results showed significant difference in all eight motivation sub-scales. 11) There was a significant positive correlation between PAI category and Competition / ego, Appearance, Physical condition, Psychological condition, Mastery, Enjoyment. 12) There was a significant negative correlation between PAI category and Others‟ expectations. 13) There was no significant correlation between PAI category and Affiliation.

Item Type: Final Year Project
Subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > Recreation Leisure
Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > Recreation Leisure > Sports
Faculties: Faculty of Applied Sciences > Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Sports and Exercise Science
Depositing User: Library Staff
Date Deposited: 07 Feb 2020 09:29
Last Modified: 05 Apr 2022 00:46
URI: https://eprints.tarc.edu.my/id/eprint/13225