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Title: | Motives for Participation and Amount of Physical Activity among Kelantan Chinese Adolescents |
Authors: | Abdullah, N Kueh, YC Hanafi, MH Morris, T Kuan, G |
Keywords: | physical activity;motives;secondary students;exercise |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Publisher: | Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia |
Citation: | Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019, 26 (6), pp. 101 - 110 |
Abstract: | Background: Engaging in regular physical activity (PA) has become a worldwide issue for the prevention of numerous chronic diseases; therefore, is important to increase students’ desires to engage in PA by triggering their motivation. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between the motives for participating in PA and the amount of PA that secondary Chinese school students in Kelantan undertake. Methods: The participants consisted of 304 Chinese secondary school students (males = 165, females = 139) with a mean age of 13.55 years old (SD = 0.57) who volunteered to complete three measures, consisting of a demographic information form, the physical activity and leisure motivation scale for youth-Chinese version (PALMS-Y-C) and the Godin leisure-time exercise questionnaire-Chinese version (GLTEQ-C). Results: There were significant positive correlations between all the seven PA participation motives with amount of exercise (Enjoyment: r = 0.16, P = 0.010; Mastery: r = 0.23, P < 0.001; Competition: r = 0.21, P = 0.001; Affiliation: r = 0.22, P < 0.001; Psychological condition: r = 0.26, P < 0.001; Appearance: r = 0.20, P = 0.001; Physical condition: r = 0.20, P = 0.001). There were also significant mean differences among sweating exercise frequency categories in all the seven areas of PA participation motives (Enjoyment: P = 0.003, Mastery: P < 0.001, Competition: P = 0.001, Affiliation: P = 0.001, Psychological condition: P = 0.038, Appearance = 0.002, Physical condition: P = 0.004). Conclusion: The present study provided insight into how to promote PA in Kelantan Chinese school-aged children by specifically targeting their motives. Interventions targeting these motives could increase the amount of PA among Kelantan Chinese youths. |
Description: | This work was supported by the Universiti Sains Malaysia Short Term Grant (Grant Scheme No. 304/PPSP/61313082). |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/20045 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2019.26.6.10 |
ISSN: | 1394-195X http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2019.26.6.10 2180-4303 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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