WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY SPORT: REASONS FOR PRACTICE OF PERFORMANCE SPORTS

• Autor(a) principal: Morais, Maria Angélica Alves
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Araujo, Gustavo Baroni, Izac, Caroline Keiko Uemura, Burim, Murilo Luiz, Oliveira, Glenio Vinicius de Souza, Serassuelo Junior, Helio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Corpoconsciência (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicoscientificos.ufmt.br/ojs/index.php/corpoconsciencia/article/view/17203
• topic: Motivation; University Sports; Performance; Women Athletes; Women's Sport; Motivação; Esporte Universitário; Rendimento; Atletas Mulheres; Esporte Feminino; Motivación; Deportes Universitarios; Performance; Mujeres Atletas; Deporte Femenino

The objective of this study was to investigate the clarity between reasons for practicing sports and the training time of university athletes. 90 university students were evaluated, who responded to sociodemographic questionnaires and the Participation Motivation Questionnaire (PMQ). The athletes were categorized into two groups based on their self-declared training time: over eight years (>8) and under (<8). Descriptive data are in median (Md) and interquartile range (25-75%), and the Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman brightness test were applied (p<0.05). The most relevant domains, groups (<8) and (>8) were, respectively: Competition (Md= 4.50; 4.50); Technical Competence (Md= 4.33; 4.50); Physical Fitness (Md= 4.25; 4.00). The overall median, in the domains, Social Recognition (Md= 2.86); Fun (Md= 3.25); and Affiliation (Md= 3.33) obtained lower scores. The main reasons for practicing sports were those associated with competition, however, the training time, group (>8), presented itself with the “social recognition” dimension.