Koopman, Jochem (2022) A Comparison of the Satisfaction of Motives Among Different Sports Disciplines. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Master thesis J.A.M. Koopman, s4871391, A comparison of motives across sports disciplines.pdf Download (993kB) | Preview |
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Abstract
People have different motives to engage in different sports disciplines. Therefore, similar sports discipline may also satisfy different motives to a different degree. The current study examines similarities and differences in the satisfaction of motives among four different sports disciplines (leisure running, endurance running, mountaineering, and triathlon) in a Dutch sample (N = 42) with an average age of 44.81, and consisting of 76.2% males. A repeated measures ANCOVA was performed to compare motives within and between the sports disciplines. It was found that across all sports disciplines, there was a main effect of motives which revealed that across disciplines, particularly the health motive was satisfied significantly more than the other motives. Furthermore, exploratory analyses revealed only one specific difference between the sports disciplines: relative to leisure runners, mountaineers were higher on the satisfaction of the relatedness motive. Given this lack of differences between the current disciplines, future studies may compare motive satisfaction among more distinct sports disciplines and could also include more motives. Overall, the health motive appeared to be the most satisfied within and between these four specific sports disciplines which suggests that the satisfaction of physical and mental well-being through sports may also be an enjoyable aspect of engaging in sports, which may be taken into account when motivating individuals to engage in PA through sports.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Yperen, N. van |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Talent Development and Creativity (TDC) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Aug 2022 13:43 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2022 13:43 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1342 |
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