The comparisons between psychological and social motivations of men and women participating in physical fitness program

Conclusion: Consequently, sport can be one of the best and most effective approaches to improve and increase body-image and self-esteem among MS patients. Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the sport of body building Mashhad motivated men and women to participate in order to achieve efficient criterion to determine the current status of the fields. Materials and Methods: Participants in this study all the fitness work in Mashhad, which has a membership of fixed local club had made up, 202 men and178womenrandomly selected from the questionnaire and Gillet al(1983) which contains 30 questions answered. Its validity by experts in a preliminary study with aCronbach s alpha reliability was confirmed in 81%. Results and Discussions: Finally, the sample mean comparison test (Student) obtained indicate that the mean emotional, social, economic, physical, psychological and female athletes there is a different man. Conclusion: Future studies can apply this conceptual model to sport video games orweb-based online games to increase the field’s understanding of online sport consumption behaviors.

Keywords:

Physical fitness , motivation , participation , social perspectives