A Study on Motivations and Obstacles to Participation in After-School Exercise Among Public Senior High School Students in Tainan

• Main Authors: Tien, Chi-Hung, 田啓宏
• Other Authors: Cheng, Han-Wu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zfs9hy

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 體育學系 === 106 === Purpose:This study focuses on the motivations and obstacles to participation in after-school exercise among public senior high school students in Tainan. Recruited from 10 public senior high schools during the second semester of the 2017-2018 school year, the subjects were surveyed with a modified uestionnaire through stratified random sampling. Eight hundred and sixteen effective esponse were returned and subsequently analyzed via descriptive statistics, a t-test, One-way ANOVA, Scheffé's method, and Pearson's correlation oefficient. The findings of this study are as follows: (1) Among the students surveyed, those who participate in after-school exercise more than 3 times a week take up the highest percentage while those who never do account for the second highest. The frequency of after-school exercise is polarized among the students, which is closely connected with the convenience of modern life as well as the popularity of 3C products. (2) Among the participation motivations for after-school exercise, “demand for physical fitness” takes up the highest percentage while “stimulus avoidance” accounts for the lowest. It follows that, to a large degree, students get exercise because they value their physical health and physique. As for the obstacles, “intrapersonal constraints” take up the highest percentage while “social/interpersonal constraints” account for the lowest. (3) Significant differences in participation motivations can be found in students under the following five background variables: "gender," "school type," "after-school classes," "sports club membership," and "after-school exercise." It can be inferred that participation motivation is influenced by such factors as gender, after-school classes, club interests, living environment, and personal habits. (4) Significant differences in participation obstacles can be found in students under these three background variables: "gender," "sports club membership," and "after-school exercise." It can be inferred that students' gender, club interests and past experience in sports have influences on how great or small the participation obstacles are to them. (5) Overall, there is a significant modest negative correlation between participation motivations and participation obstacles. This signifies that the more frequently students engage in sports activities and utilize sports venues as well as sports equipment, the lower the obstacles to participation in after-school exercise will be. Therefore, it is advised that schools should open sports venues and provide sports equipment for use, making it more convenient for students to exercise. In addition, diverse sports competitions should be held and more sports clubs be established so that students may have higher motivation to participate in after-school exercise and make exercise a habit.