The purpose of this study was to investigate a sport participation motivation of adult swimming participants and to furnish information to sport center and sport for all leader. The 292 subjects for this study were adult males and females over 18 year...
The purpose of this study was to investigate a sport participation motivation of adult swimming participants and to furnish information to sport center and sport for all leader. The 292 subjects for this study were adult males and females over 18 years old in Pusan and Kung-nam area.
The results of this study are as follows:
1. Males showed higher scores with regard to social behavior with external displays than females.
2. Subjects aged 10-30 years showed higher scores for intrinsic motivation such as skill development than aged 40-50.
3. Participants, 6 and below months in periods of swimming, showed higher scores for intrinsic motivation such as skill development. Participants, over 6 months, showed scores for intrinsic motivation such as enjoyment, extrinsic motivation such as affiliation, amotivation.
4. Nearly every day participants showed higher scores for intrinsic motivation such as skill development, enjoyment, achievement than in 1 though 5 times per week.
4. Participants in former times 9 O´clock, afternoon and evening showed higher scores with regard to social behavior with external displays than in 9 though 12 o´clock.
6. Participants under high school in an academic background showed higher scores for extrinsic motivation such as health fitness than over a college graduate.