This study was designed to examine Marine Sports Participant’s enjoyment, perceived constraints and flow degree which take important parts in club sports' revitalization and participant's active involvement. In addition, this study tried to determin...
This study was designed to examine Marine Sports Participant’s enjoyment, perceived constraints and flow degree which take important parts in club sports' revitalization and participant's active involvement. In addition, this study tried to determine how participant's enjoyment and flow degree effected respondents flow degree in club sports and Continuous Behavior after participation. Conducted in 2006 in the Busan and Kyungnam areas, this study selected 379 people, who have taken part in Marine Sports, by utilizing purposeful sampling survey methods.
Research paper consisted of 39 questions: 3 demographic questions, 3 participation level questions, 8 enjoyment questions, 9 perceived constraints questions, 9 flow degree questions and 7 Continuous Behavior after participation questions.
Employed factor analysis, one-way ANOVA and Multi Regression analytical methods of the collected data yielded the following results:
1) Difference in enjoyment according to participation level in Marine sports
Firstly, according to frequency of participation, participants with high frequency of participation indicated higher competence enjoyment than those who had low intensity of participation.
Secondly, according to intensity of participation, participants with high intensity of participation indicated higher competence enjoyment and achievement enjoyment than those who had low frequency of participation.
2) Difference in perceived constraints according to participation level in Marine sports
Firstly, according to frequency of participation, participants with low frequency of participation exposed higher interpersonal constraints than those who showed high frequency of participation.
3) Difference in flow degree according to participation level in Marine sports
Firstly, according to frequency participation, participants with high frequency of participation indicated higher cognitive and behavioral flow degree than those who had low frequency of participation.
Secondly, according to participants' career in Marine sports, the one who had more career showed higher cognitive and behavioral flow degree than those who with less career.
4) Difference in enjoyment, perceived constraints and flow degree according to Marine sports event
Firstly, Skin Scuba participants indicated higher competence and achievement enjoyment than those who in other Marine sports events.
Secondly, Wind Surfing, Skin Scuba and Yacht participants demonstrated higher structural constraints than those who in Water ski/Water craft.
Thirdly, Skin Scuba participants exposed higher cognitive flow degree than participants in Wind Surfing.
5) The effect of enjoyment and perceived constraints on participant's flow degree
Firstly, participants flow degree was positively influenced by participant's competence and achievement constraints factors.
Secondly, participants flow degree was negatively influenced by participant's intrapersonal and structural constraints factors.
6) The effect of enjoyment and perceived constraints on participants' Continuous Behavior after participating in Marine sports
Firstly, participant's competence and achievement enjoyment factors directly influenced participant's Continuous Behavior after participating in Marine sports.
Secondly, participant's structural and interpersonal constraints factors negatively influenced participant's Continuous Behavior after participating in Marine sports.
7) The effect of flow degree on Continuous Behavior after participating in Marine sports
Participant's Continuous Behavior after participation in Marine sports was positively influenced by participant's cognitive and behavioral flow degree factors.