The relationship between academic motivation and physical activity motivation and their associated outcomes
Purpose: The study’s purpose was to examine the relationship between academic motivation and physical activity motivation, as well as the relationship between these motivations and their respective contextual outcomes. Method: Singaporean university students (N=292) took part in a survey consisting...
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Format: | Final Year Project |
Language: | English |
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2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66500 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
Summary: | Purpose: The study’s purpose was to examine the relationship between academic motivation and physical activity motivation, as well as the relationship between these motivations and their respective contextual outcomes.
Method: Singaporean university students (N=292) took part in a survey consisting of measures examining academic motivation, physical activity motivation, academic achievement and physical activity participation.
Results: Correlation analysis revealed that contextual autonomous motivations shared a significant moderate correlation (r = 0.488), while contextual controlled motivations were correlated to a weaker degree (r = 0.284). Results for controlled and autonomous correlations across contexts only showed a significant relationship for controlled academic motivation and autonomous physical activity motivation (r = -0.176), but not for autonomous academic motivation on controlled physical activity motivation. Academic motivations and physical activity motivations were significant predictors of their associated outcomes.
Conclusion: The findings provides insight into the relationships between cross-contextual motivations, and expands the current field of research investigating this phenomenon. The significant correlations found showed the possibility of how academic motivation may play a role in influencing physical activity motivation within the Singaporean environment. Correlations also serve to inform key educational decision-makers on the direction to take when devising programs to inculcate motivation within students. |
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