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Keywords
Aerobic exercises--Psychological aspects;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an aerobic physical fitness program on self-motivation of college students. It was hypothesized that participation in an aerobic physical fitness program would result in an increase in self-motivation of college students. One hundred five college students enrolled in activity classes at the University of Northern Iowa were selected for participation in the study. An exercise information questionnaire was used to select the subjects. Fifty-two subjects who participated in aerobic activity classes were specified as the experimental group. Fifty-three subjects enrolled in non-aerobic activity classes served as the control group. The Self-Motivation Inventory (SMI) (Dishman & Ickes, 1981) was used to obtain each subject's level of self-motivation both prior to and following eight weeks of participation in the specified classes. An analysis of covariance, using pretest scores as a covariate, indicated a significant (F(1, 102) = 4.84, £. = .0300) difference between the aerobic and non-aerobic groups' adjusted posttest scores. This confirms the hypothesis that participation in an aerobic physical fitness program would result in an increase in self-motivation of college students. This result lends support to the suppostion [sic] that some trait variables are affected by involvement in an aerobic physical fitness program.
Year of Submission
1986
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
First Advisor
Sharon Huddleston
Second Advisor
Susan Doody
Third Advisor
Jane Richards
Date Original
1986
Object Description
1 PDF file (53 leaves)
Copyright
©1986 Susan Lynn Anderson
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Susan Lynn, "The Effect of an Aerobic Physical Fitness Program on Self-Motivation of College Students" (1986). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1948.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1948
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