Motivation of Participating in Dance Exercise among UiTM Shah Alam Students

Abstract

This study aims to determine the motivation for participating in dance exercises among Universiti Teknologi Mara Shah Alam students. A total of 110 respondents were involved in this study. The result showed that Positive Health has the highest mean with M=4.56 (SD=0.572). The highest mean for males and females is also Positive Health with M=4.59 (SD=0.596) and M=4.53 (SD=0.557). There is no significant difference in motivation factors for participating in dance exercises between gender with a p-value is 0.459, p>0.05. Based on the result, males and females had the same motivation to participate in dance exercises for a healthy lifestyle.  

Keywords: Motivation; Dance Exercise

eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under the responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI7.3825