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DIFFERENCES IN MOTIVATION FOR PHYSICAL EXERCISE AMONG PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL LEVELS

Purpose: A lack of physical exercise has been noticeable from an early age. Such behavioral patterns lead to obesity and other health problems. This study aimed to determine differences in exercise motivations regarding participants’ educational levels. We assumed that there would be significant differences in exercise motivation between groups with different levels of education. Methods: The study was conducted on a sample of 138 men and 80 women. One hundred eight of them had higher education (HE) and 110 had lower education (LE). The measuring instrument for this research was the Questionnaire for motivation factors for physical activity. The questionnaire consists of thirteen factors for exercise motivation. We calculated the correlation among factors with Person’s corrleation coefficient and between- group differences with the Mann-Whitney test. Results: Both groups stated that the motivation factor „To feel in good shape physically“ has the highest rating and the factor „To get together and meet new people“ the lowest for their engagement in physical activity. When we look at statistically significant differences between the HE and LE, seven factors were rated with a higher score in the HE population compared to the LE population. Conclusions: Information about differences in exercise motives is essential for finding ways and motives to engage as many people as possible in some form of physical exercise. Our study demonstrated that the population with higher education has stronger motives for exercise participation.

motivation, exercise, man, woman, level of education, physical activity

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