Table 6 Mean differences and standard deviations in responses to eight motive items
Mastery | Physical condition | Affiliation | Psychological condition | Appearance | Others' expectations | Enjoyment | Competition/ego | ||||||||||
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Mean diff | Std.dev | Mean diff | Std.dev | Mean diff | Std.dev | Mean diff | Std.dev | Mean diff | Std.dev | Mean diff | Std.dev | Mean diff | Std.dev | Mean diff | Std.dev | N | |
Within individuals across activity types | |||||||||||||||||
All individuals | 0.59 | (0.51) | 1.10 | (0.82) | 1.19 | (0.80) | 1.14 | (0.85) | 1.09 | (0.79) | 1.41 | (0.94) | 1.12 | (0.81) | 1.25 | (0.87) | 108,621 |
Across individuals within activity types | |||||||||||||||||
Running | 0.79 | (0.67) | 0.38 | (0.42) | 1.27 | (0.64) | 0.48 | (0.45) | 0.92 | (0.75) | 1.18 | (0.60) | 0.82 | (0.67) | 1.18 | (0.73) | 31,853 |
Walking and hiking | 1.05 | (0.77) | 0.68 | (0.53) | 1.08 | (0.71) | 0.61 | (0.47) | 1.09 | (0.74) | 1.14 | (0.58) | 0.68 | (0.49) | 1.21 | (0.61) | 95,174 |
Biking | 1.04 | (0.77) | 0.72 | (0.54) | 1.12 | (0.79) | 0.70 | (0.52) | 1.10 | (0.76) | 1.14 | (0.58) | 0.74 | (0.53) | 1.20 | (0.71) | 54,465 |
Fitness | 0.83 | (0.72) | 0.34 | (0.39) | 1.18 | (0.80) | 0.44 | (0.43) | 0.95 | (0.77) | 1.18 | (0.64) | 0.81 | (0.64) | 1.16 | (0.83) | 58,703 |
Mental/flexibility/stability training | 0.85 | (0.67) | 0.50 | (0.49) | 1.30 | (0.67) | 0.37 | (0.44) | 1.23 | (0.77) | 1.20 | (0.58) | 0.70 | (0.53) | 1.22 | (0.59) | 28,293 |
Team ballgames | 0.87 | (0.70) | 0.77 | (0.59) | 0.58 | (0.46) | 0.76 | (0.55) | 1.09 | (0.78) | 1.10 | (0.72) | 0.56 | (0.50) | 0.95 | (0.75) | 9,501 |
Other ballgames | 0.79 | (0.64) | 0.77 | (0.58) | 0.62 | (0.45) | 0.72 | (0.54) | 1.06 | (0.82) | 1.09 | (0.77) | 0.48 | (0.44) | 0.85 | (0.73) | 13,062 |
Gymnastics | 0.94 | (0.67) | 0.58 | (0.54) | 1.06 | (0.77) | 0.59 | (0.53) | 1.13 | (0.73) | 1.15 | (0.74) | 0.75 | (0.55) | 1.16 | (0.75) | 13,785 |
Dance | 0.96 | (0.75) | 0.88 | (0.67) | 0.96 | (0.80) | 0.71 | (0.57) | 1.18 | (0.73) | 1.18 | (0.80) | 0.56 | (0.53) | 1.24 | (0.70) | 9,235 |
Activities in water | 1.06 | (0.70) | 0.73 | (0.59) | 1.17 | (0.74) | 0.59 | (0.52) | 1.15 | (0.77) | 1.19 | (0.71) | 0.61 | (0.49) | 1.22 | (0.71) | 18,814 |
Activities on water | 0.85 | (0.70) | 0.92 | (0.70) | 0.84 | (0.72) | 0.69 | (0.51) | 1.14 | (0.79) | 1.14 | (0.82) | 0.47 | (0.47) | 1.18 | (0.82) | 4,453 |
Outdoor activities | 0.99 | (0.71) | 1.00 | (0.67) | 0.94 | (0.73) | 0.74 | (0.54) | 1.13 | (0.68) | 1.09 | (0.78) | 0.60 | (0.47) | 1.17 | (0.70) | 14,938 |
Street sports | 1.02 | (0.73) | 1.06 | (0.69) | 1.11 | (0.75) | 0.95 | (0.70) | 1.10 | (0.82) | 1.15 | (0.75) | 0.74 | (0.53) | 1.20 | (0.76) | 1,989 |