The Structural Relationship between Exercise Passion, Sports Confidence, and Exercise Continuation Intention for Taekwondo Players: Moderating the Effect of the Coach’s Support
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Research Needs and Objectives
1.2. Research Hypotheses and Research Model
1.2.1. The Effect of Exercise Passion on Sports Confidence
1.2.2. The Effect of Exercise Passion on the Intention to Continue Exercise
1.2.3. The Effect of Sports Confidence on the Intention to Continue Exercising
1.2.4. The Moderating Effect of the Coach’s Support on the Relationship between Exercise Passion, Sports Confidence, and the Intention to Continue Exercising
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Research Participants
2.2. Measuring Tool
2.3. Validation and Reliability Evaluation
2.4. Data Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Correlation Analysis
3.2. Structural Equation Model Analysis
3.2.1. Relationship between Exercise Passion and Sports Confidence
3.2.2. Relationship between Exercise Passion and the Intention to Continue Exercise
3.2.3. Relationship between Sports Confidence and Exercise Continuation Intention
3.2.4. Moderating Effect of the Coach’s Support on the Relationships between Exercise Passion, Sports Confidence, and Exercise Continuation Intention
4. Discussion
4.1. Relationship between Exercise Passion and Sports Confidence
4.2. Relationship between Exercise Passion and the Intention to Continue Exercising
4.3. Relationship between Sports Confidence and the Intention to Continue Exercising
4.4. Moderating Effect of the Coach’s Support
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Category | Content | Personnel | % |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 277 | 64.7 |
Female | 151 | 35.3 | |
Age | Less than 18 | 105 | 24.5 |
18–20 | 104 | 24.3 | |
20–22 | 86 | 20.1 | |
22–24 | 64 | 15.0 | |
24 or more | 69 | 16.1 | |
Team | High school department | 161 | 37.6 |
University department | 155 | 36.2 | |
General adult department | 112 | 26.2 | |
Athletic Career (in years) | Less than 5 | 58 | 13.5 |
5–10 | 204 | 47.7 | |
10–15 | 136 | 31.8 | |
15 or more | 30 | 7.0 | |
Winning record | National competitions | 375 | 87.6 |
Regional competitions | 34 | 7.9 | |
No winning experience | 19 | 4.4 | |
Total | 428 | 100.0 |
Variable | Contents | M | RW | SE | t | SRW | Variances | CR | AVE | Cronbach’s α |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harmony passion | 2 | 3.80 | 1.000 | - | - | 0.616 | 0.333 | 0.887 | 0.611 | 0.836 |
4 | 3.57 | 1.386 | 0.115 | 12.071 | 0.755 | 0.294 | ||||
5 | 3.56 | 1.300 | 0.111 | 11.664 | 0.718 | 0.323 | ||||
6 | 3.64 | 1.307 | 0.019 | 12.019 | 0.750 | 0.270 | ||||
7 | 3.35 | 1.519 | 0.129 | 11.805 | 0.730 | 0.411 | ||||
Obsessive passion | 1 | 2.80 | 1.000 | - | - | 0.767 | 0.447 | 0.918 | 0.616 | 0.923 |
2 | 2.97 | 1.068 | 0.058 | 18.550 | 0.837 | 0.312 | ||||
3 | 2.93 | 1.065 | 0.058 | 18.359 | 0.830 | 0.328 | ||||
4 | 3.04 | 1.031 | 0.058 | 17.780 | 0.808 | 0.361 | ||||
5 | 2.80 | 1.049 | 0.056 | 18.713 | 0.843 | 0.287 | ||||
6 | 2.98 | 1.020 | 0.059 | 17.150 | 0.784 | 0.416 | ||||
7 | 3.18 | 0.976 | 0.065 | 15.074 | 0.703 | 0.625 | ||||
Sports confidence | 4 | 3.74 | 1.000 | - | - | 0.621 | 0.421 | 0.878 | 0.546 | 0.830 |
5 | 3.88 | 0.950 | 0.095 | 10.035 | 0.595 | 0.435 | ||||
6 | 3.85 | 1.112 | 0.102 | 10.925 | 0.666 | 0.411 | ||||
7 | 3.73 | 1.137 | 0.101 | 11.246 | 0.693 | 0.369 | ||||
8 | 3.88 | 1.176 | 0.099 | 11.848 | 0.749 | 0.285 | ||||
9 | 3.95 | 1.037 | 0.093 | 11.151 | 0.685 | 0.321 | ||||
Intention to continue exercise | 1 | 3.71 | 1.000 | - | - | 0.857 | 0.274 | 0.874 | 0.777 | 0.873 |
2 | 3.70 | 1.016 | 0.066 | 15.509 | 0.905 | 0.172 | ||||
Fitness of the research model | x2 = 612.703, df = 164, x2/df = 3.736, RMR = 0.048, GFI = 0.861, AGFI = 0.822, CFI = 0.904, NFI = 0.873, RMSEA = 0.080 |
Variable | M | SE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harmony passion | 3.5831 | 0.64406 | 1.00 | |||
Obsessive passion | 2.9559 | 0.85081 | 0.535 ** | 1.00 | ||
Sports Confidence | 3.8364 | 0.60550 | 0.362 ** | 0.297 ** | 1.00 | |
Intention to continue exercise | 3.8898 | 0.67336 | 0.363 ** | 0.165 ** | 0.362 ** | 1.00 |
H | Path | SRW (β) | SE | CR (t) | p | Accept |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1 | Harmony passion → Sports confidence | 0.343 | 0.078 | 40.386 | 0.000 *** | ○ |
H2 | Harmony passion → Sports confidence | 0.067 | 0.037 | 10.793 | 0.073 | |
H3 | Harmony passion → Intention to continue exercise | 0.551 | 0.137 | 40.008 | 0.000 *** | ○ |
H4 | Obsessive passion → Intention to continue exercise | 0.285 | 0.067 | 40.256 | 0.000 *** | ○ |
H5 | Sports confidence → Intention to continue exercise | 0.351 | 0.114 | 30.083 | 0.002 * | ○ |
Fitness of the research model | x2 = 451.282, df = 161, x2/df = 2.803, RMR = 0.046, GFI = 0.900, AGFI = 0.870, CFI = 0.938, NFI = 0.907, RMSEA = 0.065 |
Factor | x2 | df | Δx2 |
---|---|---|---|
Unconstrained model | 824.045 | 328 | Δx2 = 13.486 |
Measurement model | 837.531 | 344 | df = 17, p > 0.05 |
H | Path | Low-Support Group β (High-Support Group β) | SE | CR (t) | Moderating Effect |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
H6 | Harmony passion → Sports confidence | 0.291 (0.796) | 0.127 (0.150) | 2.284 * (3.109) | ○ |
H7 | Harmony passion → Sports confidence | −0.017 (0.218) | 0.057 (0.070) | −0.298 (3.109 *) | ○ |
H8 | Harmony passion → Intention to continue exercise | 0.592 (0.667) | 0.211 (0.223) | 2.799 ** (2.994 *) | |
H9 | Obsessive passion → Intention to continue exercise | 0.295 (0.291) | 0.094 (0.101) | 3.136 * (2.884 *) | |
H10 | Sports confidence → Intention to continue exercise | 0.564 (0.148) | 0.160 (0.123) | 3.526 *** (1.203) | ○ |
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Kim, B.-M. The Structural Relationship between Exercise Passion, Sports Confidence, and Exercise Continuation Intention for Taekwondo Players: Moderating the Effect of the Coach’s Support. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 15852. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315852
Kim B-M. The Structural Relationship between Exercise Passion, Sports Confidence, and Exercise Continuation Intention for Taekwondo Players: Moderating the Effect of the Coach’s Support. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(23):15852. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315852
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Byung-Min. 2022. "The Structural Relationship between Exercise Passion, Sports Confidence, and Exercise Continuation Intention for Taekwondo Players: Moderating the Effect of the Coach’s Support" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 23: 15852. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315852