What Motivates Successful Marathon Runners? The Role of Sex, Age, Education, and Training Experience in Polish Runners

What Motivates Successful Marathon Runners? The Role of Sex, Age, Education, and Training Experience in Polish Runners

The aim of this study was to compare the motivations of successful marathon finishers (n = 1,243) and inexperienced runners (control group, n = 296). A total of 1,537 runners with 380 women (24.7%) and 1,157 men (75.3%) completed the motivations of marathoners scales (MOMS) questionnaire and the rel...

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Main Authors: Zbigniew Waśkiewicz, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Dagmara Gerasimuk, Zbigniew Borysiuk, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
age
running
marathon finisher
motivation
personal achievement
gender difference
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01671/full

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