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The Influences of Personality, Basic Psychological Needs on Exercise Motivation and Exercise Behavior of Sport Management Students

The major purpose of this study was to identify the influences of personality and basic psychological needs on individual exercise motivation, which then impact exercise behavior of sport management students. A pilot study (N=100 students) was conducted to test the reliability and validity of the measurement. A comprehensive model was developed, based on an extensive literature review, and empirically tested using by using sport management student (N= 395) of National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport (NTUPES), Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU) and Hochiminh University of Sport (HUS) as respondent.

All the hypotheses of this study were supported. The results indicate that individuals with high level of personality ( emotional stability, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeable ness and conscientiousness) will have positive influence on basic psychological needs and exercise motivation then impact on exercise behavior. It also suggested that extraversion, openness to experience and conscientiousness could be the predictors of basic psychological needs, autonomous motivations (identified regulation and intrinsic motivation) and exercise participation. Student’s basic psychological needs have significantly associated with their exercise motivation and exercise behavior. Lastly, amotivation has negative impact on exercise behavior, but autonomous motivation has positive association with exercise behavior. The study results offer valuable suggestions to physical lecturer to promote exercise participation through stimulating exercise motivation.