Motives for Following Sports Events among Physical Education Students from Bosnia and Hercegovina and Slovenia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Comparison of the Motives of Bosnian and Slovenian Students
3.2. Ranking the Importance of Motives for Bosnian and Slovenian Students
3.3. Comparison of Motives by Gender
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Slovene Students | Bosnian Students | ||||
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Motive | M | SD | M | SD | Sig. |
Pleasure | 4.28 | 0.758 | 4.53 | 0.796 | 0.015 |
Fight for victory | 3.49 | 1.127 | 4.39 | 0.952 | 0.000 |
Cheering for a club or an athlete | 3.72 | 1.206 | 4.18 | 1.226 | 0.005 |
Dynamics of the sport | 3.72 | 0.997 | 4.14 | 0.966 | 0.002 |
Watching rather than participating | 2 | 1.128 | 3.96 | 1.074 | 0.000 |
Unpredictability of the result | 3.32 | 0.984 | 4.02 | 1.253 | 0.000 |
Success boosts self-assurance | 3.48 | 1.224 | 4.08 | 1.104 | 0.000 |
Success helps overcome problems | 3.17 | 1.314 | 3.64 | 1.413 | 0.011 |
General culture | 3.03 | 1.05 | 3.56 | 1.340 | 0.002 |
Esthetic motives | 2.95 | 1.157 | 3.42 | 1.349 | 0.007 |
Too much free time | 2.49 | 1.104 | 2.85 | 1.384 | 0.041 |
M-Sum | 35.65 | 42.77 |
Slovene students | M | SD | Bosnian Students | M | SD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sport’s popularity | 4.35 | 0.841 | Pleasure | 4.53 | 0.796 |
Pleasure | 4.28 | 0.758 | Sport’s popularity | 4.48 | 0.895 |
Fun | 4.21 | 0.894 | Fun | 4.44 | 0.906 |
Attraction of the sport | 4.15 | 0.881 | Fight for victory | 4.39 | 0.952 |
Success of our nation in this sport | 3.89 | 0.937 | Attraction of the sport | 4.27 | 1.04 |
Active participation in this sport | 3.88 | 1.049 | Cheering for a club or an athlete | 4.18 | 1.226 |
Dynamics of the sport | 3.72 | 0.997 | Dynamics of the sport | 4.14 | 0.966 |
Cheering for a club or an athlete | 3.72 | 1.206 | Success boosts self-assurance | 4.08 | 1.104 |
Interest for success | 3.68 | 0.916 | Active participation in this event | 4.02 | 1.205 |
Active participation in this event | 3.67 | 1.094 | Unpredictability of the result | 4.02 | 1.253 |
M-Sum of top 10 motives | 39.55 | 42.55 | |||
Useful spending of leisure time | 3.58 | 1.196 | Watching rather than participating | 3.96 | 1.074 |
The national importance of sports | 3.56 | 1.159 | Active participation in this event | 3.93 | 1.153 |
Fight of victory | 3.49 | 1.127 | Success of our nation in this sport | 3.87 | 1.203 |
National importance of sport | 3.48 | 1.223 | The national importance of sports | 3.86 | 1.347 |
Unpredictability of the result | 3.32 | 0.983 | National importance of sport | 3.81 | 1.268 |
Successes help us overcome problems | 3.17 | 1.314 | Useful spending of leisure time | 3.68 | 1.365 |
Element of general culture | 3.03 | 1.049 | Successes help us overcome problems | 3.64 | 1.413 |
Wide media coverage | 3.02 | 1.037 | Element of general culture | 3.56 | 1.34 |
Esthetic impression | 2.95 | 1.157 | Esthetic impression | 3.42 | 1.349 |
Familiarity with athletes private life | 2.90 | 1.164 | Wide media coverage | 3.05 | 1.344 |
Ignorance of sports discipline | 2.62 | 0.925 | Familiarity with athletes private life | 2.94 | 1.375 |
Plenty of leisure time | 2.49 | 1.104 | Ignorance of sports discipline | 2.88 | 1.467 |
The fact that most people follow sport | 2.24 | 1.096 | Plenty of leisure time | 2.85 | 1.384 |
Watching rather than participating | 2.00 | 1.128 | The fact that most people follow sport | 2.59 | 1.506 |
Nothing else to do | 1.74 | 0.893 | nothing else to do | 1.65 | 1.141 |
M-Sum of last 3 motives | 5.98 | 7.69 |
Male | Female | ||||
Motive | M | SD | M | SD | Sig. |
Fight for victory | 3.57 | 1.14 | 3.91 | 1.14 | 0.04 |
Watching rather than participating | 2.91 | 1.50 | 2.31 | 1.41 | 0.005 |
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Jereb, B.; Dolenc, M.; Kajtna, T. Motives for Following Sports Events among Physical Education Students from Bosnia and Hercegovina and Slovenia. Sustainability 2022, 14, 10992. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710992
Jereb B, Dolenc M, Kajtna T. Motives for Following Sports Events among Physical Education Students from Bosnia and Hercegovina and Slovenia. Sustainability. 2022; 14(17):10992. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710992
Chicago/Turabian StyleJereb, Blaz, Maja Dolenc, and Tanja Kajtna. 2022. "Motives for Following Sports Events among Physical Education Students from Bosnia and Hercegovina and Slovenia" Sustainability 14, no. 17: 10992. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710992
APA StyleJereb, B., Dolenc, M., & Kajtna, T. (2022). Motives for Following Sports Events among Physical Education Students from Bosnia and Hercegovina and Slovenia. Sustainability, 14(17), 10992. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710992