Academic motivation analysis of physical education college students

• Autor(a) principal: Belem, Isabella Caroline
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Sucupira Sarto, Silvia Regina Nishiyama, Mendes Fernandes, Marlis Eduarda, Both, Jorge
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno de Educação Física e Esporte
• DOI: 10.36453/2318-5104.2019.v17.n1.p69
• Texto Completo: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/cadernoedfisica/article/view/21100
• topic: Motivação; Ensino Superior; Estudantes de Educação Física; Motivation; Higher education; Physical Education; Students

Objective: The present study aimed to identify the level of motivation of the students of Bachelor in Physical Education. Methods: This research has a transversal and descriptive character. This study included 146 undergraduates from the Bachelor of Physical Education course at a university in the north-central part of Paraná, Brazil. As instruments, a survey was used for sociodemographic characterization of the participants and the Academic Motivation Scale (EMA). For the analysis of the data, the Mann-Whitney U test and the Kruskal-Wallis test were used, adopting level of significance 95% (p<0.05). Results: The results showed that the 1st, 2nd and 4th year students presented higher extrinsic motivation by the Identified Regulation (p<0.001). It was observed that male students presented higher extrinsic motivation by the identified regulation (p=0.012). It was found that academics who work more than 20 hours per week are motivated by identified regulation (p=0.011), while non-working academics were more motivated extrinsically by integrated regulation (p=0.020). Conclusion: It is concluded that the university students of the initial series, male, who work and study, and practiced sports during childhood and / or adolescence are motivated and are dedicated to graduation, being more motivated in the field of extrinsic motivation by identified regulation in which, the behavior is motivated by the appreciation of the results.