A Survey On Current Status Of The Participation Of Leisure Sports Activities Among College Students In Guangzhou

The 21 st century will be an age of entertainment.And leisure sports,as a major form of entertainment,bring to people not only healthy body,but also spiritual enjoyment,which is why they are more and more popular among the young generation.College students,as representative of the young generation,are active,able to learn,relatively more at leisure and fond of pursuing fashion.Therefore,leisure sports activities have become the first choice of many college students when they have leisure time.Leisure sports not only enrich their campus life,but also become a main content of the cultural construction of colleges and universities.Based on the survey of the status quo of college students’ participation of leisure sports in Guangzhou,this paper aims to explore today’s college students’ motivation to take part in leisure sports and the factors that influence their choice.By using the methods of literature review,questionnaire,interview,logical analysis and statistics,this paper investigates 1,010 colleges students from 10 colleges in Guangzhou,and finds:(1)College students in Guangzhou normally have a leisure time of 1-3 hours per day.39.4% of the students have a general knowledge of leisure sports;43.17% of the students take part in leisure sports activities for 1-3 times per week;34.36% of the students take part in leisure sports activities for less than 1 hour every time;46.93% of the students play leisure sports with a partner(usually a friend);64.16% of the students spend less than 500 yuan on leisure sports;54.65% of the students prefer to play leisure sports in free venues at campus.However,a number of interviewees mentioned the college’s lack of construction of sports equipment,which shows the poor situation of college students’ participation in leisure sports in Guangzhou.(2)According to Maslow’s theory of needs and Likert scale,the author designs the questions about motivation and prescribes them as dependent variables.Independent variables are different demographic characteristics and the participation behavior.Using SPSS statistics,correlation and Logistic regression analysis,the author finds these factors’(gender,major,venue and the understanding of leisure sports)P value is less than 0.05,which has an impact on participation motivation.(3)The subjective factors affecting college students’ participation in leisure sports in Guangzhou are mainly personal interests and hobbies.And the main objective factor is the amount of leisure time.The factors attributing to their not playing leisure sports are personal lifestyle and exercise habit.