Motivation Levels for Youth Participation in Recreational Sports: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Influencing Factors

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.071How to use a DOI?

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motivation, participation, recreational sports, sports activity

Abstract

Sports activity has been identified as a context where positive and negative experiences encountered by youth. However, the factors that lead to positive and negative personal development are relatively less discovered among sport participants. The aim of this study is to find out motivation levels on either positive or negative personal development of sports participation. The questionnaire in this study was given to youth in the community by containing two indicators, the level of sports participation was based on intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Both of these factors indicated the level of adolescent motivation influencing factors on sports participation. Participants in this study were 20 men (57.1%) and 15 women (42.9%) between the ages of 9 and 19 years. The results showed that motivation levels of sports participation on the high level was 9 youth (36%), the moderate level was 14 youth (56%), and the low level was 2 youth (8%). It can be concluded that the level of youth motivation to participate in sports is mostly moderate.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mustika Fitri
AU  - Novrizal Achmad Novan
AU  - Fitriani Dewi
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/19
TI  - Motivation Levels for Youth Participation in Recreational Sports: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Influencing Factors
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sport Science, Health, and Physical Education (ICSSHPE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 270
EP  - 272
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.071
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.071
ID  - Fitri2020
ER  -