The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of college students` participation in sports activity classes on their participation motivation and flow experience. To accomplish the purpose of this study, 646 college students who participated ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of college students` participation in sports activity classes on their participation motivation and flow experience. To accomplish the purpose of this study, 646 college students who participated sports activity classes from seven randomly selected universities were surveyed by means of both the revised questionnaires, initially used and developed by Min, B.(1997) and Csikszentmihalyi(1975). The content validity and reliability of both the questionnaires were determined by conducting a pilot study. The used statistical methods for the data analysis were t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson`s correlation, and multiple regression analysis.
The major findings obtained from this study were following;
First, there was significant difference between male and female students who participated sports activity classes with respect to participation motivation and flow experience. The male students rated participation motivation and flow experience significantly higher in perception than did the female.
Second, there was significant difference among the four different college student groups as freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior students who participated sports activity classes with respect to participation motivation and flow experience. The sophomore, junior, senior students rated participation motivation and flow experience higher in perception than did the freshman students.
Third, there was significant difference among the three different groups as one, two, and three times who participated sports activity classes with respect to participation motivation and flow experience. The over two times groups in participating sports activity lasses rated participation motivation and flow experience significantly higher in perception than did the one time group.
Fourth, there was significant difference among the six different groups as golf, bowling, table tennis, swimming, tennis lasses with respect to participation motivation and flow experience. The students who took tennis and swimming classes rated participation motivation and flow experience significantly higher in perception than did the students who took other sports activity classes.
Fifth, there was significant casual relationship among gender, year in college, frequency of participation, six different sports activity classes, participation motivation and flow experience. Among them, gender, year in college, six different sports activity classes, and participation motivation in sport activity classes significantly influenced the flow experience.