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Motives for practicing sport in Spanish schoolchildren

2002; Cologio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado; Volume: 14; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

0214-9915

José Antonio Cecchini Estrada, Antonio Méndez, José Muñiz,

Physical Education and Pedagogy

The aim of this stud y was to analyze the motives for practicing spor t among the Spanish school population aged between 8 and 18 years. In or der to obtain a global idea of the motivation of Spanish schoolchildren, we studied the loadings of the motives, the underlying motivational structure, and the relationship between intensive and selective aspects of the behavior. The sample of participants was made up of 4606 pupils (2294 males and 2312 f emales) from 37 Spanish schools. Factor analyses of the questionnaire used showed a total of 9 pr imary factors of motivation. Motivational differences were found according to sex, age, type of population and intensity of motivation for sport. We identified sub sets of v ariables related to the level of active involvement of young people in sport. Finally, the results are discussed and some future perspectives outlined. M o t ivos para la practica del dep o rte en escolares espanoles. Se analizaron l os mot ivos que impul san la practi ca dep o rt iva en la pob lacio n es colar espanola con edad es comprendi das en tre l os 8 y los 18 anos de edad . Pa r a dar una idea global de l a motivaci o n de los es col ares espano les , se estudio el peso de los m o t ivos, l a est ru c t u r a mot ivacional su bya c e n t e, y la relacio n ent re lo s aspectos intensivo y selectivo de la conducta. La mu e s t ra de participantes estaba fo rmada por 4.6 06 jo venes (2.294 va rones y 2.312 muj e r es ), es tudiantes de 37 col egios espanoles. El analisi s fa c t o rial del cuestio nario util izado mu e s t ra un to tal de 9 fa c t o res bas icos (pri m a ry ) de motivacio n. Se encont ra r on di fe r encias motivaci onal es en funcio n del sexo , l a edad, el tipo de poblaci o n y l a int ensi dad de la motivacio n h acia el dep o rt e. Se han ident i ficado s ubcon juntos de va ri abl es que estan relaci onadas con el nivel de i mpli cacio n activa de l os j o venes en el dep o rt e. Finalment e se discuten los result ado s y se esbozan al gunas pers p e c t ivas de futuro .