Age and gender differences in motiviation to exercise

Cilj ovog rada bio je utvrditi dobne i rodne razlike u motivima vježbača iz različitih centara za vježbanje. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku 432 ispitanika. Ispitanici su odgovarali na upitnik motivacije za vježbanje prema Campbelu (2001). Izmjeren je podjednak broj muškaraca i žena mlađih od 35 i starijih od 35 godina. Uzorak je izmjeren na području Grada Zagreba i Varaždina. Rezultati trofaktorske multivarijatne analize varijance su pokazali da postoje statistički značajne razlike s obzirom na spol, dob i prethodno iskustvo s tjelesnim vježbanjem, kao i u interakciji spola i prethodnog iskustva i spola i dobi. Interakcija dobi i prethodnog iskustva, kao i interakcija sva tri faktora grupiranja nisu se pokazale statistički značajnima za razlikovanje grupa.The main goal of this study was to determine age and gender differences in motivation of exercisers. A survey was conducted on a sample of 432 examinees from Zagreb and Varaždin. Each respondent filled out motivation questionnaire by Campbel (2001). An equal number of men and women, younger and older than 35 years participated in the survey. The results of three-way multivariate analysis of variance showed that there are statistically significant differences considering gender, age and previous experience with physical exercise, as well as the interaction of gender and previous experience, and gender and age. The interaction between age and previous experience, as well as the interaction between all three grouping factors did not appear to be statistically significant for the differentiation of groups