Recreational Exercise Motives of Adolescents and Young Adults

• Authors: Emine Caglar , Yusuf Canlan , Murat Demir
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study examined the motives for taking part in recreational exercise/sporting activities based on a sample of Turkish young people. Secondly, gender and age group differences with motivational dimensions were investigated. A total of 298 members of 6 Youth Centers voluntarily participated in this study. The Recreational Exercise Motivation Measure (REMM) was administered to all participants. Two × two MANOVA revealed significant main effect for gender (p < 0.03) and age group (p < 0.01). Univariate follow-up tests revealed that the significant main effect for gender was attributable to health subscale, and age group differences were correlated with health, body/appearance, social/enjoyment, and skill development subscales (p < 0.01). It can be concluded that health motives were more important for females than males, and motives relating to health, appearance, and social/enjoyment were more important for young adults.

Keywords

EN

Recreational exercise motives; gender; adolescents

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 22
• Pages: 83-89

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2009

online

13 - 1 - 2010

Contributors

author

Emine Caglar

• School of Physical Education and Sport, Kirikkale University

author

Yusuf Canlan

• School of Physical Education and Sport, Kirikkale University

author

Murat Demir

• School of Physical Education and Sport, Kirikkale University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10078-009-0027-0