The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of motivation for taekwondo training participation and the level of participation on confidence and satisfaction level. After a research model was set up, difference tests and regression analysis ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of motivation for taekwondo training participation and the level of participation on confidence and satisfaction level. After a research model was set up, difference tests and regression analysis were conducted in consideration of the characteristics of the variables. The subjects in this study were the elementary school students who were selected by convenience sampling from among 264 elementary schoolers who were undergoing training in taekwondo gyms located in three different Chinese cities. The selected variables to be investigated were participation motivation, confidence and satisfaction level.
As for instrumentation, factor analysis was made, and reliability analysis also was made to measure internal consistency. Concerning data analysis, the collected valid data were coded and then inputted into a computer, and a statistical package SPSS 22.0 was employed to carry out t-test and multicollinearity, correlation analysis was made, and multiple regression analysis was used to determine the mutual influence of the variables. the findings of the study were as follows:
First, concerning the impact of participation motivation on confidence and satisfaction level, how intellectual motivation affected the subfactors of confidence was analyzed, and that was found to have an impact on physical confidence. Social motivation exerted an influence on social confidence, and cognitive motivation affected social confidence, general confidence and cognitive confidence.
Concerning the influence of participation motivation on satisfaction level, intellectual motivation had an impact on educational satisfaction and social satisfaction, and social motivation affected social satisfaction. Cognitive motivation exercised an influence on educational satisfaction, social satisfaction and emotional satisfaction.
The above-mentioned findings of the study illustrated that the taekwondo training motivation of the elementary school trainees exerted an influence on their confidence and training satisfaction.