Influence of Japanese national athlete's behavior and interpersonal perception on youth sports athletes

• Project/Area Number: 16K16551
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
• Principal Investigator: Hagiwara Goichi 鹿屋体育大学, スポーツ人文・応用社会科学系, 講師 (30734149)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
• Keywords: 競技者アイデンティティー / 大学生競技者 / トップアスリート / 競技スポーツ継続 / スポーツ・コミットメント / スポーツ科学 / スポーツマネジメント / スポーツ心理学 / 社会心理的効果

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was examine the social psychological factors influenced intention of sports persistency in collegiate athletes. Especially, this study focused on elite athlete’s affection.As a result of this study, the behavior and attitude of the elite athletes influenced the athlete identity of the collegiate athletes and that the athlete identity effected the intention to sports. In addition, social support provided by top athletes and social support expected to be provided have been shown to enhance athletic identity and formed intention to sports.Based on the above results, it was revealed that the behavior and attitude of the elite Japanese athletes had an influence on the intention of competitive sports persistency in collegiate athletes.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] トップアスリートのサポート行動が大学生競技者に与える影響の検討 (2018)
  • Author(s): 萩原悟一、下園博信、黒田次郎、秋山大輔、萩原裕子
  • Journal Title: 九州スポーツ心理学研究 Volume: 30 Pages: 66-67
• [Journal Article] Relationships between the elite athlete identification and sport commitment for Japanese collegiate athletes (2018)
  • Author(s): Hagiwara, G., Akiyama, D., Kuroda, J., Hagiwara, Y., Shimozono, H.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Physical Education, Sports and Health Volume: 5 Pages: 30-32
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] トップアスリートの行動と大学生競技者のスポーツ継続意図の関連 (2018)
  • Author(s): 萩原悟一，下園博信，黒田次郎，大下和茂，秋山大輔，中田征克
  • Journal Title: 教育医学 Volume: 63 Pages: 650-655
  • NAID: 130008095852
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Relationship between sport participation behavior and the two types of sport commitment of Japanese student athletes (2017)
  • Author(s): Hagiwara, G.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Physical Education and Sport Volume: 17 Pages: 2412-2416
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] トップアスリートの行動とスポーツ実施者の競技スポーツ継続意図の関連 (2017)
  • Author(s): 萩原悟一、下園博信、秋山大輔、大下和茂
  • Organizer: 日本体育・スポーツ経営学会第40回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 鹿児島大学(鹿児島県・鹿児島市）
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-21
• [Presentation] Study approach to increase participation of collegiate athletics in Japan: Based on sport commitment researches (2017)
  • Author(s): Hagiwara, G.
  • Organizer: East Asia Sport Exercise Science Society
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Remarks] 鹿屋体育大学萩原研究室
  • URL: http://test.applicats.co.jp/01/kanoyataiku-u/hagiwara/s_research.html