PARTICIPATION MOTIVATION OF WOMEN GOLFERS AN INTERACTIONAL EXPLORATION
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Authors
Afridi, Anjenette Afridi
Issue Date
1997
Type
Thesis
Language
en
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Abstract
The present qualitative study explored participation motivation of women golfers from an integrated whole rather than a fragmented one. This interactional study viewed participation motivation as a function of gender, socializing and psychological influences. The subjects were four women golfers ages forty and older. The data were collected utilizing a structured interview. The interview responses were categorized by themes according to the topic and the research questions and these categories of themes had appropriate codes attached. The data were then classified into three categories, containing a total of twelve thematic definitions. The categories were significance of sports throughout life-span, golf participation motivation, and the female golf experience. The relevant themes that emerged from these categories were sport participation, sport structural constraints, significant others reinforcement, role models, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, social, sport enjoyment, flow, golf participation, golf structural constraints, golf course emotions and golf's deeper personal meaning. The findings of this qualitative study described the meaning and relevance of that experience to her life as well as her general understanding of that experience. This current research supported certain findings of prior research and also provided data that may expand the understanding of the female sport experience. The recommendations for future research are several, including continued use of this type of inquiry into a variety of other sports women participate in across their life-span.