期刊名称：European Journal of Physical Education and Sport
印刷版ISSN：2310-0133
出版年度：2017
卷号：5
期号：2
页码：100-110
DOI：10.13187/ejpe.2017.2.100
出版社：Nauchnyi Izdatel'skii Dom Issledovatel',Academic Publishing House Researcher
摘要：The purpose of this study was to investigate the exercise motives among the persons in different strata of the society. It was also investigated the role of gender and socio-economic status in deciding the exercise motives. Sample consisted of subjects (male and female) in the age category of 18 to 65 years with mean and SD 33.22+ 13.45 drawn from different sections of the society i.e. employees and college going students, who performs moderate to vigorous physical exercises. The exercise motivation inventory-2 and Kuppu Swami SES Scale were used in the study. Descriptive statistics and analysis of variance were used to analyze the data. The study revealed that Revitalization, Enjoyment, and Appearance motives were significantly different in different age categories of male whereas ill-health pressure was significantly different in different age categories of female. The study concluded that the exercise motives vary with socioeconomic status in female whereas no such pattern existed in male. Further, appearance, ill-health pressure and weight management were the important considerations in female.
