Motives and Commitment to Sport in Amateurs during Confinement

A Segmentation Study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15463554
AutoresSalvador Angosto Sánchez (0000-0001-7281-794X, Universidad de Murcia), Rosendo Berengüí (0000-0003-0428-3186, Universidad Católica de Murcia, autor correspondente), José Miguel Vegara-Ferri (0000-0003-1300-1558, Universidad de Murcia), José María López Gullón (0000-0001-9614-9114, Universidad de Murcia, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume17
Fascículo20
Páginas7398-7398
Data de publicação2020-10-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17207398
PMID33050616
OpenAlexW3091961304
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas59

The current COVID-19 pandemic has paralysed whole countries, which have had to confine their entire population and this changed people's lives worldwide. The aim of this study is to identify the reasons for and the level of commitment to physical activity among the Spanish population during confinement and the return to the "new normal". A sample of 1025 amateurs, 534 males and 491 females with an average age of 35 years old were interviewed using an online survey that collected their motives for practising sport and their commitment to physical activity. A cluster analysis combining hierarchical and non-hierarchical methods was performed, identifying three groups of amateurs: High Commitment ( n = 650), Moderate Commitment ( n = 324), and Low Commitment ( n = 81). The main motives shown by the different groups were psychological motives related to an improved or managed general or emotional well-being. Regarding commitment, all the groups showed higher scores in enthusiasm for physical activity than affliction from sport. The variables referring to gender, educational level and sports habits showed differences that enabled the identification of the different groups. These findings highlight the importance of conducting segmentation studies that provide specific population profiles to improve the action strategies of governments and specialists

Enthusiasm · Identification (biology · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Population · Sample (material · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Demography · Medicine · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology