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

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• 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

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.

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