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Students' Motivation for Sport Activity and Participation in University Sports: A Mixed-Methods Study
BACKGROUND: Physical activity among students is essential for complimenting sedentary behavior and for individuals' future health. This study investigates reasons for sport engagement among students and addresses the utilization of university sports programs (USP) by employing a mixed-methods a...
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2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6020653/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30009179 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9524861 |
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author | Diehl, Katharina Fuchs, Anna Katharina Rathmann, Katharina Hilger-Kolb, Jennifer |
author_facet | Diehl, Katharina Fuchs, Anna Katharina Rathmann, Katharina Hilger-Kolb, Jennifer |
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description | BACKGROUND: Physical activity among students is essential for complimenting sedentary behavior and for individuals' future health. This study investigates reasons for sport engagement among students and addresses the utilization of university sports programs (USP) by employing a mixed-methods approach. METHODS: The NuPhA-Study consists of a quantitative online survey (n=689) followed by qualitative interviews (n=20). In the survey, we assessed reasons for sport activity using a 24-item battery and USP utilization. Quantitative results were further explored using qualitative data to check for completeness of the predefined items (content validity) and to identify opportunities to improve participating in USP. RESULTS: A factor analysis grouped the 24 items into five factors (life balance/fitness/body image/contact with others/fun). Our qualitative study explained these in more detail and revealed missing aspects. 47.6% of students participated in USP. Potential improvements for USP include program maintenance during the semester break and temporal harmonization with the classes. DISCUSSION: The qualitative component identified additional reasons for sport activity that were not addressed by the item battery, which provides critical implications for developing item batteries for future research. Our results may help to generate a more target-group-oriented approach to increase physical activity among students, which will reduce sedentary behavior and future disease burden. |
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spelling | pubmed-60206532018-07-15 Students' Motivation for Sport Activity and Participation in University Sports: A Mixed-Methods Study Diehl, Katharina Fuchs, Anna Katharina Rathmann, Katharina Hilger-Kolb, Jennifer Biomed Res Int Research Article BACKGROUND: Physical activity among students is essential for complimenting sedentary behavior and for individuals' future health. This study investigates reasons for sport engagement among students and addresses the utilization of university sports programs (USP) by employing a mixed-methods approach. METHODS: The NuPhA-Study consists of a quantitative online survey (n=689) followed by qualitative interviews (n=20). In the survey, we assessed reasons for sport activity using a 24-item battery and USP utilization. Quantitative results were further explored using qualitative data to check for completeness of the predefined items (content validity) and to identify opportunities to improve participating in USP. RESULTS: A factor analysis grouped the 24 items into five factors (life balance/fitness/body image/contact with others/fun). Our qualitative study explained these in more detail and revealed missing aspects. 47.6% of students participated in USP. Potential improvements for USP include program maintenance during the semester break and temporal harmonization with the classes. DISCUSSION: The qualitative component identified additional reasons for sport activity that were not addressed by the item battery, which provides critical implications for developing item batteries for future research. Our results may help to generate a more target-group-oriented approach to increase physical activity among students, which will reduce sedentary behavior and future disease burden. Hindawi 2018-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6020653/ /pubmed/30009179 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9524861 Text en Copyright © 2018 Katharina Diehl et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Diehl, Katharina Fuchs, Anna Katharina Rathmann, Katharina Hilger-Kolb, Jennifer Students' Motivation for Sport Activity and Participation in University Sports: A Mixed-Methods Study |
title | Students' Motivation for Sport Activity and Participation in University Sports: A Mixed-Methods Study |
title_full | Students' Motivation for Sport Activity and Participation in University Sports: A Mixed-Methods Study |
title_fullStr | Students' Motivation for Sport Activity and Participation in University Sports: A Mixed-Methods Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Students' Motivation for Sport Activity and Participation in University Sports: A Mixed-Methods Study |
title_short | Students' Motivation for Sport Activity and Participation in University Sports: A Mixed-Methods Study |
title_sort | students' motivation for sport activity and participation in university sports: a mixed-methods study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6020653/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30009179 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9524861 |
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