2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

International comparison concerning motivation for sports behavior and self-image

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21500565
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Physical education
Research Institution	Kyushu Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator	ISOGAI Hirohisa 九州工業大学, 大学院・情報工学研究院, 准教授 (70223055)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	NISHIDA Tamotsu 名古屋大学, 総合保健体育科学センター, 教授 (60126886)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	スポーツ行動 / 動機づけ / 文化的自己観 / 国際比較
Research Abstract	This study examined the dynamism concerning sports behavior, motivation, and self-image of each country from an international comparison targeting sports competitors with the purpose of clarifying the characteristics of the motivation and self-image of Japanese competitors through the comparison. Upon examining the relationship between adaptive sports behavior, target orientation, motivation of orientation towards others, and cultural self-image of student competitors from 4 countries in the West and Asia, the way of viewing oneselfwas shown to have an impact on motivation for sports behavior, and a relationship of differences in sports behavior was broadly indicated. Furthermore, these relationships were shown to be different for each country, and the characteristicof Japanese competitors became apparent.

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