Motivation of Chinese People Towards Muay Thai Training in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China 2019

Abstract

       The purpose of this research were to 1) studied the motivation of Chinese people. 2) compare the male and female motivation. The sample consisted of 400 Chinese people who participated in Muay Thai training. using multi-stage random sampling. Is a questionnaire created by the researcher With confidence value 0.95. Data analysis By evaluating frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and t test. The results of the research showed that; 1. Motivation of the Chinese people towards Muay Thai training. The overall picture is in the high level. When considering in each aspect, it is found that Internal motivation. The overall picture is in the high level. When considering each item, it is found that the Chinese people have motivation towards practicing Thai boxing. Is in the highest level and in the high level, with the item having the highest mean scores in the top 3, namely, you want to have good health without disease You want to have good physical fitness. Boxing training will help to know how to protect yourself respectively. External motivation. The overall picture is at a moderate level. When considering each item, it is found that the Chinese people have motivation towards practicing Thai boxing. Is in the highest level and in the high level, which has the highest  in the top 3,  you mean scores our want to have a good shape Like a favorite person He wants the teachers to like He felt that he could train better than his friends respectively. The comparison of the motivation shows that; The overall and each aspect is internal motivation. And external motivation Differences were statistically significant at the .05 level and found that Chinese people are male. There are more internal and external motives for Muay Thai training than females. Statistical significance at the level of .05