Examination of Relationship between Sports Participation and Positive Coping of University Students

Hatta Naoki, Shimizu Yasuo, Daigo Eiji

doi:10.51064/jkshs.50.0_1

<p>The purposes of this study are to develop Positive Coping Scale for University Students (PCSUS) and to examine the relationship between sports participation and positive coping of university students. The participants of 616 university students (male=259, female=352, Non response=5; mean age=19.30, SD=1.17) were asked to answer a questionnaire that is composed of socio-demographic questions including the belonging to sports clubs, 35 items to measure positive coping, the FIT Index and the Exercise Participation Assessment Scale for University Students (EPASUS). Exploratory factor analyses, reliability analyses and covariance structural analysis were conducted to develop the PCSUS. Also, t-tests and correlation analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between sports participation and PCSUS. The result of exploratory factor analyses identified a six-factor model with 24 items on PCSUS. Reliability analyses and covariance structural analysis confirmed that each Cronbach’s alpha was high value and the scale had satisfactory fit indices of structural validities. The results of t-tests showed that mean scores of some subscales from PCSUS were significantly different between sport club participants and non-participants as well as participants with higher level and lower level of physical activities. In addition, the results of correlation analyses using subscales of EPASUS and PCSUS showed that subscales of EPASUS were significantly positively correlated to subscales of PCSUS. The results indicate that sports participation may enhance positive coping.</p>

Examination of Relationship between Sports Participation and Positive Coping of University Students

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