2024, Vol. 5, Issue 2, Part F
Identifying the motivations of 12-year-old adolescents in mass running events: A pilot study in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Author(s): Nguyen Dinh Long and Pham Quynh SY
Abstract: Background: There are already a lot of research on how adults are motivated to engage in physical activities through mass sporting events, but there aren't many on children and adolescents. In addition to the physical development of adolescents in primary and secondary schools, there is a lack of demand for physical activities. To solve this problem, the schools collaborate with certain city districts to host small-scale mass running events (Distances of 1.5 km, 2 km, 3 km,5 km etc.) to foster an active lifestyle and a healthy learning environment for adolescents. Aim: The purpose of this pilot study is to identify the factors that motivate 12-year-olds to participate in adolescents's mass running events, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Method: The Motives for Physical Activity Measure–Revised (MPAM-R) scale was used in a diagnostic survey to ascertain the most crucial incentive for adolescents and whether gender disparities exist. Result: The highest values are respectively social motives (4.4); fitness motives (4.3); ẹnoyment/interesting (4.1); while the lowest values were obtained by competence/challenge (3.9) and appearance motives (3.7). Besides that two of the motivation (Social and fitness motives) differed significantly from one another in this pilot study, whereas the other three (competence/challenge, enjoyment/interesting, and appearance) no significantly between boys and girls. Three-weeks before the mass marathon event, all pilot questionnaires were administered at random to boys and girls attending a secondary school. All participant completed a participation form provided by the school and verified their identity in front of their parent (either the mother or the father). These findings will help organizers better organize large-scale sporting events aimed at kids and teenagers and better understand the motivations of adolescents gender. In order to encourage teens to lead active lives and reduce sedentary behaviour, local governments should collaborate with schools to develop more physical activities though mass events.
DOI: 10.22271/27084515.2024.v5.i2f.386
Pages: 469-475 | Views: 119 | Downloads: 61
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Nguyen Dinh Long, Pham Quynh SY. Identifying the motivations of 12-year-old adolescents in mass running events: A pilot study in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Asian J Manage Commerce 2024;5(2):469-475. DOI: 10.22271/27084515.2024.v5.i2f.386
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