MOTIVES FOR PARTICIPATION IN SPORT ACTIVITIES

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MOTIVES FOR PARTICIPATION IN SPORT ACTIVITIES

Journal Title: Sport Mont - Year 2008, Vol 0, Issue 15

Abstract

The ob jec ti ve of the re se arch was to esta blish the ran kings of mo ti ves for par tici pa tion in sport ac ti vi ti es in Slo ve nia. In or der to at tain as re pre sen ta ti ve opi ni ons of the Slo ve nes as pos si ble, we used an adju sted qu o ta sam ple (n = 1685), cor re spon ding to the Slo ve ne po pu la tion with re spect to the pla ce of re si den ce, gen der, age, and edu cation. The da ta was ob ta i ned with di rect sur veying. The su bjects we re asked the qu e sti on of im por tan ce of in di vi dual mo ti ves (n = 25) for par ti ci pa tion in sport ac ti vity. On a sca le from 1 to 5 (1 stan ding for “ab so lu tely unim por tant fac tor” and 5 for “very im por-tant fac tor”) the re spon dents in terms of im por tan ce ran ked the pro po sed mo ti ves. For each mo ti ve the mean va lu es we re cal cu la ted and the sca le of mo ti ves by im por tan ce was drawn up. Ac cor ding to the re sults the most im por tant mo ti ves we re ’’pre ser va tion and de ve lop ment of he alth’’ (4.26), ’’de ve lop ment of mo tor abi li ti es’’ (4.12) and ’’de velop ment and pre ser va tion of wor king abi li ti es’’ (3.87). The less im por tant mo ti ves we re ’sport star dom’’ (2.74) and ’ga i ning po li ti cal po si tion thro ugh sport’’ (2.04).

Authors and Affiliations

Maja Pori, Primož Pori

Keywords

mo ti ves for par ti ci pa tion in sport ac ti vi ti es adults Slo ve nes

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