MOTIVATIONS AS PARTICIPATING IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES OF URBAN CITIZENS AT PUBLIC PARKS IN HOCHIMINH CITY
The goals of this paper were to study on current status of citizens when they participated in physical activities in public parks in Hochiminh city, determine motives that affected them in physical activities, and determine differences among participants demographics and these motivations.Subjects of this survey were citizens who were participating physical activities at public parks in Hochiminh city.A total of 700 partcipants were approached, 559 of whom agreed to participate in the study for a response rate of 79.9%.SPSS version 16.0 was used to analyze the data at the alpha level of significance was p <.05.To analyze the data, the following techniques were used such as frequency test, reliability test, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), t-test and one-way ANOVA.As regards the participation of physical activities, walking, jogging and playing shuttlecock were the most favorable activities at urban parks in Hochiminh city.The biggest group of responses took part in these activities almost everyday from 5 a.m.to 7 a.m.Finally, participants monthly expensed around SUS 70 for their activities.After EFA analyzing, there were five dimensions of motivations such as Physiological needs, Safety needs, Belongingness and Love needs, Esteem needs and Self-actualization which affected Hochiminh citys citizens to participate in physical activities at public parks.On average mean scores, the highest motivation was Physiological needs;conversely, the lowest motivation was Self-actualization.In conclusions, the information were the useful scientific data not only for government units who encourage citizens physical activities, but also for managers who are running public parks to make operating plans and marketing plans in order to suitable offer the diversity kinds of physical activities in the parks in order to satisfy the needs of Hochiminh citys citizens.
Motivations Physical activities and Public parks
Huynh Tri Thien Tran Do Trong
Center of Physical education and Defence, Ton Duc Thang University Faculty of Recreational sports, Hochiminh city University of Sport
国际会议
珠海
英文
108-113
2013-01-11（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）