Examining Students-Athletes Motivations on Academic Performance and Sport Achievement among TARUC Students-Athletes

Teh, Shan Shean (2023) Examining Students-Athletes Motivations on Academic Performance and Sport Achievement among TARUC Students-Athletes. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Numerous variables have been identified as contributing to student withdrawal from athletics in an attempt to address this issue. This field of study is enormous and will continue to grow as long as colleges and universities confront dropout of athletes’ issues in sports; yet, little information on the intention of specific populations, such as college or university athletes, could be obtained.Hence this current study aimed to examining students-athletes motivations toward academic performance and sport achievement among Taruc students-athletes. Methods: This study utilized a self-administrated questionnaire that included demographic variables and items about students-athletes motivation on academic performance and sport achievement among Taruc students-athletes. A total of 138 Taruc students-athletes participated, aged 18 to 24 years old, with different types of sports,years of sports participation and level of representation. SPSS was utilized for descriptive and inferential statistical analyses. Results: This study revealed that the students-athletes motivation level among Taruc students-athletes were higher towards sport than academic. There was significant difference in students-athletes motivation according to gender (p<0.05).There was no significant difference in students-athletes motivation according to types of sports(p>0.05).There was significant difference in students-athletes motivation according to years of sports participation (p<0.05).There was no significant correlation between the CGPA and level of representation (p>0.05).There was a no significant correlation between the subscales of SAMSAQ and level of CGPA (p>0.05).There was a significant correlation between the subscales of SAMSAQ and level of representation(p<0.05).Conclusion: This study provided prospective evidence of the level of motivation among Taruc students-athletes aged between 18-24 years old. Future research should re-evaluate the use of the academic and athletic motivation subscales when working with this population. This research only focused on students-athletes that are from Taruc. Therefore, future research could focus on students-athletes that are from other universities in Malaysia