Motivation for Physical Activity Practice and Satisfaction with Life in Health Sciences first-year students - Relationship between gender and different geographic regions

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Autor(a) principal: Honório, Samuel
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Batista, Marco, Silva, Raquel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/6699
Resumo: The practice of physical activity in all age groups is fundamental. The risk of many diseases and usual health problems decrease with regular physical activity. This study has as main objective to identify the motivations and satisfaction with the life of first-year students of health sciences bachelor’s degrees and compare them between gender and different geographic regions that students came from. A total of 177 students of both genders from 3 different country regions (North, Centre and Interior of Portugal), namely 31 (17.5%) were male and 146 (82.5%) were female, with a mean age of 20.20±3.04 years from 18 to 30 years. Data collection instrument used was a questionnaire of six scales that evaluate each of the variables: Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire, Basic Psychological Needs Exercise Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale. Descriptive statistics were presented and the Cronbach's alpha was calculated to evaluate the internal consistency of the questionnaires. A level of significance was adopted with a margin of error of 5% for a probability of at least 95% using the Levene and Mann-Whitney techniques for comparisons between genders and regions using SPSS version 20. The results show that the motivation for who maintains a constant practice of PA focuses on intrinsic motivation in both genders with significant differences. In Amotivation, external and introjected regulation women present higher levels for the practice of PA related to men. In the basic psychological needs the male gender presents higher values in all the variables with significant differences in relation and competence. In the satisfaction with life between genders, men present higher means and students who practice PA are the most satisfied with their life’s. According to the country region, this variable is more favourable to students from the north. We can conclude that the intrinsic motivation and the satisfaction with life appear as an extremely positive factor in these students that must be kept active for maintaining this satisfaction with life.
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spelling Motivation for Physical Activity Practice and Satisfaction with Life in Health Sciences first-year students - Relationship between gender and different geographic regionsMotivationSports practiceLife satisfactionGenderCountry regionMotivaçãoPrática DesportivaSatisfação com a vidaGéneroRegião do PaísMotivaciónPráctica DeportivaSatisfacción con la vidaGéneroRegión del PaísThe practice of physical activity in all age groups is fundamental. The risk of many diseases and usual health problems decrease with regular physical activity. This study has as main objective to identify the motivations and satisfaction with the life of first-year students of health sciences bachelor’s degrees and compare them between gender and different geographic regions that students came from. A total of 177 students of both genders from 3 different country regions (North, Centre and Interior of Portugal), namely 31 (17.5%) were male and 146 (82.5%) were female, with a mean age of 20.20±3.04 years from 18 to 30 years. Data collection instrument used was a questionnaire of six scales that evaluate each of the variables: Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire, Basic Psychological Needs Exercise Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale. Descriptive statistics were presented and the Cronbach's alpha was calculated to evaluate the internal consistency of the questionnaires. A level of significance was adopted with a margin of error of 5% for a probability of at least 95% using the Levene and Mann-Whitney techniques for comparisons between genders and regions using SPSS version 20. The results show that the motivation for who maintains a constant practice of PA focuses on intrinsic motivation in both genders with significant differences. In Amotivation, external and introjected regulation women present higher levels for the practice of PA related to men. In the basic psychological needs the male gender presents higher values in all the variables with significant differences in relation and competence. In the satisfaction with life between genders, men present higher means and students who practice PA are the most satisfied with their life’s. According to the country region, this variable is more favourable to students from the north. We can conclude that the intrinsic motivation and the satisfaction with life appear as an extremely positive factor in these students that must be kept active for maintaining this satisfaction with life.A prática de atividade física em todas as faixas etárias é fundamental. O risco de muitas doenças e problemas de saúde habituais diminui com a atividade física regular. Este estudo tem como objetivo principal identificar as motivações para a prática desportiva e a satisfação com a vida de alunos inscritos no primeiro ano de cursos de Ciências da Saúde e compará-los entre género e diferentes regiões geográficas do país. O número total de participantes foi de 177 estudantes de ambos os géneros e de 3 regiões diferentes (Norte, Centro e Interior de Portugal). 31 (17,5%) eram do género masculino e 146 (82,5%) do género feminino, com uma idade média de 20,20±3,04 anos dos 18 aos 30 anos. O instrumento de recolha de dados utilizado foi um questionário de seis escalas que avaliam cada uma das variáveis: Escala de Regulação Comportamental no Desporto, Escala das Necessidades Psicológicas Básicas e Escala de Satisfação com a Vida. Foram apresentadas estatísticas descritivas e o alfa de Cronbach foi calculado para avaliar a consistência interna dos questionários. Adotou-se um nível de significância com margem de erro de 5% para uma probabilidade de pelo menos 95% usando as técnicas de Levene e Mann-Whitney para comparações entre géneros e regiões do país utilizando o programa SPSS (v20). Os resultados mostram que a motivação para quem mantém uma prática constante de AF foca-se na motivação intrínseca em ambos os géneros, com diferenças significativas. Na Amotivação, as mulheres com regulação externa e introjetada apresentam níveis mais elevados para a prática de AF em relação aos homens. Nas necessidades psicológicas básicas, o género masculino apresenta valores mais elevados em todas as variáveis com diferenças significativas na relação e na competência. Na satisfação com a vida entre os géneros, os homens apresentam médias mais elevadas e os estudantes que praticam AF são os mais satisfeitos com a vida. Segundo a região do país, essa variável é mais favorável aos estudantes do Norte. Podemos concluir que a motivação intrínseca e a satisfação com a vida resultam como um fator extremamente positivo nestes alunos que devem continuar ativos para manter essa satisfação com a vida.La práctica de actividad física en todas las edades es fundamental. El riesgo de muchas enfermedades y problemas de salud habituales disminuye con la actividad física regular. Este estudio tiene como objetivo principal identificar las motivaciones para la práctica deportiva y la satisfacción con la vida de alumnos inscritos en el primer año de cursos de Ciencias de la Salud y compararlos entre género y diferentes regiones geográficas del país. El número total de participantes fue de 177 estudiantes de ambos sexos y tres regiones diferentes (Norte, Centro y del Interior Portugal). (17,5%) eran del género masculino y 146 (82,5%) del género femenino, con una edad media de 20,20 ± 3,04 años de 18 a 30 años. El instrumento de recogida de datos utilizado fue un cuestionario de seis escalas que evalúan cada una de las variables: Escala de regulación de comportamiento en el deporte, Escala de las Necesidades Psicológicas Básicas y Escala de Satisfacción con la Vida. Se presentaron estadísticas descriptivas y el alfa de Cronbach fue calculado para evaluar la consistencia interna de los cuestionarios. Se adoptó un nivel de significancia con un margen de error del 5% para una probabilidad de al menos el 95% usando las técnicas de Levene y Mann-Whitney para comparaciones entre géneros y regiones del país utilizando el programa SPSS (v20). Los resultados muestran que la motivación para quien mantiene una práctica constante de AF se centra en la motivación intrínseca en ambos géneros, con diferencias significativas. En la amotivación, las mujeres con regulación externa e introyectada presentan niveles más elevados para la práctica de AF en relación a los hombres. En las necesidades psicológicas básicas, el género masculino presenta valores más elevados en todas las variables con diferencias significativas en la relación y en la competencia. En la satisfacción con la vida entre los géneros, los hombres presentan medias más altas y los estudiantes que practican AF son los más satisfechos con la vida. Según la región del país, esta variable es más favorable a los estudiantes del Norte. Podemos concluir que la motivación intrínseca y la satisfacción con la vida resultan como un factor extremadamente positivo en estos alumnos que deben seguir activos para mantener esa satisfacción con la vida.Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo BrancoHonório, SamuelBatista, MarcoSilva, Raquel2019-10-11T13:30:47Z20192019-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/6699eng1886-8576info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-01-16T11:46:47Zoai:repositorio.ipcb.pt:10400.11/6699Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:37:17.865430Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Motivation for Physical Activity Practice and Satisfaction with Life in Health Sciences first-year students - Relationship between gender and different geographic regions
title Motivation for Physical Activity Practice and Satisfaction with Life in Health Sciences first-year students - Relationship between gender and different geographic regions
spellingShingle Motivation for Physical Activity Practice and Satisfaction with Life in Health Sciences first-year students - Relationship between gender and different geographic regions
Honório, Samuel
Motivation
Sports practice
Life satisfaction
Gender
Country region
Motivação
Prática Desportiva
Satisfação com a vida
Género
Região do País
Motivación
Práctica Deportiva
Satisfacción con la vida
Género
Región del País
title_short Motivation for Physical Activity Practice and Satisfaction with Life in Health Sciences first-year students - Relationship between gender and different geographic regions
title_full Motivation for Physical Activity Practice and Satisfaction with Life in Health Sciences first-year students - Relationship between gender and different geographic regions
title_fullStr Motivation for Physical Activity Practice and Satisfaction with Life in Health Sciences first-year students - Relationship between gender and different geographic regions
title_full_unstemmed Motivation for Physical Activity Practice and Satisfaction with Life in Health Sciences first-year students - Relationship between gender and different geographic regions
title_sort Motivation for Physical Activity Practice and Satisfaction with Life in Health Sciences first-year students - Relationship between gender and different geographic regions
author Honório, Samuel
author_facet Honório, Samuel
Batista, Marco
Silva, Raquel
author_role author
author2 Batista, Marco
Silva, Raquel
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Honório, Samuel
Batista, Marco
Silva, Raquel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Motivation
Sports practice
Life satisfaction
Gender
Country region
Motivação
Prática Desportiva
Satisfação com a vida
Género
Região do País
Motivación
Práctica Deportiva
Satisfacción con la vida
Género
Región del País
topic Motivation
Sports practice
Life satisfaction
Gender
Country region
Motivação
Prática Desportiva
Satisfação com a vida
Género
Região do País
Motivación
Práctica Deportiva
Satisfacción con la vida
Género
Región del País
description The practice of physical activity in all age groups is fundamental. The risk of many diseases and usual health problems decrease with regular physical activity. This study has as main objective to identify the motivations and satisfaction with the life of first-year students of health sciences bachelor’s degrees and compare them between gender and different geographic regions that students came from. A total of 177 students of both genders from 3 different country regions (North, Centre and Interior of Portugal), namely 31 (17.5%) were male and 146 (82.5%) were female, with a mean age of 20.20±3.04 years from 18 to 30 years. Data collection instrument used was a questionnaire of six scales that evaluate each of the variables: Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire, Basic Psychological Needs Exercise Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale. Descriptive statistics were presented and the Cronbach's alpha was calculated to evaluate the internal consistency of the questionnaires. A level of significance was adopted with a margin of error of 5% for a probability of at least 95% using the Levene and Mann-Whitney techniques for comparisons between genders and regions using SPSS version 20. The results show that the motivation for who maintains a constant practice of PA focuses on intrinsic motivation in both genders with significant differences. In Amotivation, external and introjected regulation women present higher levels for the practice of PA related to men. In the basic psychological needs the male gender presents higher values in all the variables with significant differences in relation and competence. In the satisfaction with life between genders, men present higher means and students who practice PA are the most satisfied with their life’s. According to the country region, this variable is more favourable to students from the north. We can conclude that the intrinsic motivation and the satisfaction with life appear as an extremely positive factor in these students that must be kept active for maintaining this satisfaction with life.
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