The Effect of Participation Motivation on Exercise Emotion and Psychological Well-being of Marathon Participants

Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of participation motivation on exercise emotion and psychological well-being of marathon participants. The subjects of this study consisted of 241 marathon participants. The result of this study were as follows. First, the subscales of participation motivation, enjoyment, achievement and excitement positively influenced to fun, vigor, pride, achievement, catharsis. And skill development positively influenced to vigor, pride, achievement, catharsis. And external display positively influenced to vigor but, affiliation negatively influenced to vigor, achievement, and catharsis. And amotivation negatively influenced to fun, vigor, pride, catharsis. Second, the subscales of participation motivation, skill development and enjoyment positively influenced to feeling of flow, feeling of competence, feeling of self-realization, hedonic enjoyment. achievement and excitement positively influenced to feeling of flow and hedonic enjoyment, external display positively influenced to feeling to flow. And amotivation negatively influenced to feeling of self-realization and hedonic enjoyment. Third, the subscales of exercise emotion, pride positively influenced to feeling of flow, feeling of competence, feeling of self-realization, hedonic enjoyment. And vigor positively influenced to feeling of flow and hedonic enjoyment. And fun positively influenced t