MOTIVES FOR SPORTS PARTICIPATION, ATTITUDES TO SPORT AND GENERAL HEALTH STATUS OF THE SLOVENIAN ARMED FORCES EMPLOYEES

摘要

The purpose of this research was to study the motives for sports participation, general health status, attitudes to sport, general satisfaction with life and self-motivation. Factorial structure of the sport participation motives, the differences of the incentive systems among the employees and the correlation between the incentive systems and other variables were also in the focus of interest. The Participation Motivation Questionnaire (PMQ), Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), Self-motivation Inventory (SMI) and the Questionnaire of Attitudes Towards Sport (SS) were used. Employees of the Slovenian army (N=137; 73 soldiers, 36 non-commissioned officers and 28 officers) collaborated in the research. A positive attitude to sport of the army employees was obtained. They mainly do sports in order to develop and maintain their physical abilities, to remain healthy and in good physical condition. They like taking up activities which they are good at. As the least motivating factors they indicated the wishes of their parents and close friends, who liked to watch their performance, and the desire to be popular. The level of self-motivation of the employees in the Slovenian Armed Forces was high as well; the highest being among the commissioned officers. The study has shown above-average levels of general health status and satisfaction with life. The non-commissioned officers expressed the highest level of satisfaction with life among the respondents. Factor analysis gave 7 incentives. The employees, who valued the motives of a group atmosphere and productivity motives, also had a more positive attitude to sports. The employees who valued health, competence and professional promotion motives, along with the group atmosphere motives, were more self- motivated. One discriminant function was obtained by the discriminant analysis and was named intrinsic motivation and satisfaction with life. The highest level of discrimination of the discriminant function occurred between the non-commissioned and commissioned officers (expressed as high), on one hand, and soldiers on the other (expressed as low).