The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between participation motivation for exercise, perceived constraints, adherence intention and participation level of exercise in work population. The specific hypotheses tested in this study were that participation motivations for exercise would be negatively correlated with perceived constraints, and would be positively associated with adherence intention, which subsequently would predict greater participation level of exercise. Participation motivations for exercise also would be significantly indirectly related to on participation level by way of perceived constraints and adherence intention. Perceived constraints would be negatively associated with adherence intention and participation level of exercise. Participants were 426 full-time employees in Jeju province. Employees completed self-administered questionnaires measuring participation motivation, constraints on participation, adherence intention, participation level of exercise, and demographical variables. Results showed that enjoyment motive was positively associated with perceived constraints, and health/fitness motive, stimulus pursuit motive and social motive were negatively associated with perceived constraints. Enjoyment and health/fitness motives were significant predictors of adherence intention of exercise. Enjoyment motive would be triggered positively direct effect on participation level of exercise. Enjoyment motive had significant indirect effects on participation level via perceived constraints and adherence intention, and health/fitness motive also had indirect effect on participation level of exercise, but the effect was not significant. Consequently, enjoyment motive stands out as the most important predictor of participation level of exercise. These results supported motivation model based on tenets of self-determination theory. As an additional data, male workers had significantly higher enjoyment motive and adherence intention than did female workers, while female workers had significantly higher intrapersonal constraints than did male workers. White-collar workers had significantly higher enjoyment motive and participation level of exercise than did blue-collar workers, while blue-collar workers had significantly higher social motive and intrapersonal constraints than did white collar workers. These results are discussed in terms of self-determination theory and hierarchical model of leisure constraints

• 양명환(제주대학교) | Myung Hwan Yang 교신저자