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Accession number;99A0924158
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| Title;An Examination of Factors Influencing Dropping out of Longtime Sports Participation. |
| Author;
SAGAWA MASATO
(Hokkaidokyodai Sapporoko)
KAMBAYASHI ISAO
(Hokkaidokyodai Sapporoko)
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Journal Title;Journal of Hokkaido University of Education. Natural Science
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Journal Code:L3615A
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ISSN:1344-2570
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VOL.50;NO.1;PAGE.91-99(1999)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.9, TBL.4, REF.27 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;This study seeks to examine the psychological factors influencing the decision to drop out of sports participation. A questionnaire was administered to 366 college students which included a scale of their reasons for dropping out of sports participation (35 items) and diagnoses of their attitudes toward victory or defeat in sports events (30 items). Subjects were divided by sports experience into 3 groups: a player group(P), a former-player group(FP) and a non-player group(NP). Factor analysis was used to clarify the factor structure of the scale for dropping out, using the items on which the FP group answered significantly different from the P group. Two-factor analyses of variance (player*sex) on mean scores for dropping out were conducted to discuss the gender differences, and additional analyses of variance (sports participation*sex) for attitudes toward victory or defeat were performed to elucidate the differences between participation and gender. The results can be summarized as follows: 1) Three factors were extracted by factor analysis from the common reasons given by P and FP groups for dropouts: "Human Relations", "Stagnation of Training" and "Physical Trouble", and four factors were extracted from the distinctive reasons given by the FP group for dropouts: "Non-Achievement", "Excessive Competition", "Disappointing Training Environment" and "Avoidance of Isolation". There were significant differences between males and females about the factors of Excessive Competition and Disappointing Training Environment. 2) The P group was more concerned with victory or defeat in sports events compared with the FP or NP group. The females in the NP group showed no concern for this issue. (author abst.) |
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