The purpose of this study was to investigate the sport participation motivation and exercise addiction so find out the relationship between the participation motivation and exercise addiction. It also examine the exercise maintenance and drop-out of f...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the sport participation motivation and exercise addiction so find out the relationship between the participation motivation and exercise addiction. It also examine the exercise maintenance and drop-out of fitness center participants. The subjects were male and female 550 adults of over 18 years who are fitness center participants are located in Busan, Ulsan city through purposive sampling. The data through v11.0 statistics program are handled as PC. Also, this find Cronbach's α coefficient to verify believability. MANOVA is executed to verify difference between the exercise addiction factor and participation motivation. LSD is executed to verify difference of between group. it is executed multiple regression analysis by stepwise to search relation of sports participation motivation factor and exercise addiction factor. A significant level of p < .05 was used for all the statistical test. The results of this study are as follows:
1) Sport Participation Motivation
(1) Males showed higher scores with regard to intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation, while females showed higher scores in the field of a motivation.
(2) Twenties showed high scores for health-fitness and external motivation. On the contrary, thirties showed high scores for achievement, skill development and intrinsic motivation.
(3) The subjects participating in health-club over two years higher tendency in skill development, enjoyment, achievement of intrinsic motivation and conditioning, affiliation, external display of extrinsic motivation. Moreover, the subjects participating in health-club under 1 or 2 years higher tendency in affiliation.
(4) The motive to participation according to the participation frequency showed higher scores for enjoyment, conditioning almost every day. Affiliation, external display and a motivation showed higher scores during a week.
2) Exercise Addiction
(1) Differences in sex of exercise addiction show that, the scores are higher than females in positive and negative addiction.
(2) Positive addiction show higher scores than negative addiction of exercise addiction in age. Negative addiction statistically less different, positive addiction show that show thirties are higher scores than any other ages. Moreover, twenties show higher scores than fourties and thirties show higher scores than fourtise after finishing LSD.
(3) Positive addiction show higher scores than negative addiction according to the participation period of exercise addiction. Both elements show that participation period is more higher, exercise addiction is more higher too.
(4) Positive addiction show higher scores than negative addiction according to the participation frequency of exercise addiction. If participation frequency is more higher, positive addiction show more higher too. Also, if participation frequency is less higher, negative addiction show less higher.
3) The Influence for Sport Participation Motivation on the Exercise Addiction
Skill development, conditioning, external display in positive addiction show passive relation for knowing the relationship between participation motive and exercise addiction. External display, a motivation, skill development, achievement in negative addiction also show passive relation. In conclusion, skill development, external display have important influences on the positive and negative addiction.