Motivational factors of the Philippine national games athletes

• Main Author: Dimarucot, Heildenberg C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Athletes—Philippines—Psychology; Sports—Psychological aspect; Motivation (Psychology); Psychology; Sports Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5795
• Institution: De La Salle University

The purpose of the study is to assess the motivational factors of the prime athletes in the Philippines National Games 2015. Using Jung’s psychological type theories as a framework, this research assessed the motivational factors by using descriptive method and survey questionnaire to gather information about the current condition among three hundred (300) Philippine National Game Athletes coming from fifteen (15) regions. The result indicated that the overall motivating factor of the Philippine National Game Athletes was very high. Analyses also concluded that region, financial and mental factors, and motivation were seen to have potential importance in the sports performance of these student’s athletes.