Motivation to participate in physical activity and sports: Age transition and gender differences among India’s adolescents
India’s increasing sedentary behavior among children and youth is becoming a national concern. Hence, developing an environment supportive of physical activity and sports would be a major means to increase the participation levels for adolescents. This study aims to examine differences in motivation...
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doaj-8c85785fc9df472ea0daabc02db1ea652021-08-09T18:41:16ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Psychology2331-19082020-12-017110.1080/23311908.2020.17986331798633Motivation to participate in physical activity and sports: Age transition and gender differences among India’s adolescentsMd. Dilsad Ahmed0Walter King Yan Ho1Ahmed Al-Haramlah2Leonardo Jose Mataruna-Dos-Santos3College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State UniversityUniversity of MacauCollege of Arts, Applied Sport Psychology, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Activity University of Hafr Al BatinCanadian University of Dubai, Faculty of Management, Department of Sport ManagementIndia’s increasing sedentary behavior among children and youth is becoming a national concern. Hence, developing an environment supportive of physical activity and sports would be a major means to increase the participation levels for adolescents. This study aims to examine differences in motivation to participate in physical activities and sports among students of three age categories, namely, early adolescence, middle adolescence and late adolescence. The result of factor analysis yielded a 19-item, four-factor structure on the participation motivation questionnaire (PMQ). Significant differences were found for all three age categories on the two extracted factors of sport action with friends and social status. Further, a significant difference has been identified between sex’s students on the factor of health and fitness and social status. The study provides sound psychometric and comparative results that can potentially be useful for education and formative reviews in applied settings, for research purposes and as a measurement tool for embedding motivation towards participation in physical activities (PA) and sports among adolescents.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2020.1798633sports activitiesadolescent physical activityparticipation motivationsocial statuspopularity |
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Md. Dilsad Ahmed Walter King Yan Ho Ahmed Al-Haramlah Leonardo Jose Mataruna-Dos-Santos Motivation to participate in physical activity and sports: Age transition and gender differences among India’s adolescents Cogent Psychology sports activities adolescent physical activity participation motivation social status popularity |
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Motivation to participate in physical activity and sports: Age transition and gender differences among India’s adolescents |
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Motivation to participate in physical activity and sports: Age transition and gender differences among India’s adolescents |
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Motivation to participate in physical activity and sports: Age transition and gender differences among India’s adolescents |
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Motivation to participate in physical activity and sports: Age transition and gender differences among India’s adolescents |
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Motivation to participate in physical activity and sports: Age transition and gender differences among India’s adolescents |
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motivation to participate in physical activity and sports: age transition and gender differences among india’s adolescents |
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Cogent Psychology |
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India’s increasing sedentary behavior among children and youth is becoming a national concern. Hence, developing an environment supportive of physical activity and sports would be a major means to increase the participation levels for adolescents. This study aims to examine differences in motivation to participate in physical activities and sports among students of three age categories, namely, early adolescence, middle adolescence and late adolescence. The result of factor analysis yielded a 19-item, four-factor structure on the participation motivation questionnaire (PMQ). Significant differences were found for all three age categories on the two extracted factors of sport action with friends and social status. Further, a significant difference has been identified between sex’s students on the factor of health and fitness and social status. The study provides sound psychometric and comparative results that can potentially be useful for education and formative reviews in applied settings, for research purposes and as a measurement tool for embedding motivation towards participation in physical activities (PA) and sports among adolescents. |
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sports activities adolescent physical activity participation motivation social status popularity |
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