Motives for adult participation in physical activity: type of activity, age, and gender

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Table 4 Structure coefficients for the five types of activity canonical function

	Canonical structure coefficients
	Team sports function	Individual racing sports plus bowls function	Racquet sports function	Exercise function	Martial arts function
Mastery	0.380	0.216	1.051	−0.562	0.301
Enjoyment	−0.085	1.333	−0.218	−0.282	−0.275
Psychological condition	−0.229	−0.246	0.218	1.225	0.314
Physical condition	0.319	−0.199	−0.195	0.341	0.296
Appearance	0.295	0.343	0.215	0.411	−0.221
Others’ expectation	−0.095	−0.143	0.226	0.218	−0.104
Affiliation	1.172	0.478	−0.299	−0.295	0.182
Competition/Ego	0.162	0.232	0.413	−0.426	1.330

Note: A minimum canonical structure coefficient of ±0.30 considered significant [48].

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