Research On The Influence Of Sports APP On Exercise Motivation And Behavior Of College Students

Relevant policy documents such as the National Fitness Plan(2021-2025)and the 14th Five-Year Plan for Sports Development clearly point out that the Internet,big data and artificial intelligence will be combined with the sports industry to improve the levelof intelligent services for national fitness.In this context,sports apps have developed rapidly,and the Internet+sports have promoted the development of sports apps and provided new ways for people to participate in physical exercise.Compared with traditional physical exercise,the use of sports APP to participate in physical exercise is not limited by venue,equipment,time and space,and it is easier to obtain scientific guidance.At present,college students are one of the main audience groups of sports APP,and more and more college students use sports APP to participate in physical exercise,so it is of practical significance to explore the impact of sports APP on college students’ exercise motivation and behavior.In this study,660 university students were randomly selected from four schools:Soochow University,Suzhou University of Science and Technology,Suzhou City College and Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.The survey content mainly includes demographic characteristics(gender,grade,major),exercise motivation(health motivation,appearance motivation,ability motivation,fun motivation),exercise behavior(intensity,duration,frequency)and sports app usage(use life,frequency,duration).In order to further study the influence of sports APP on exercise motivation and behavior of college students,independent sample T-test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the differences between exercise motivation and exercise behavior of college students,and Pearson correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to study the relationship between sports APP,college students’ exercise motivation and exercise behavior.Research results:(1)The overall exercise motivation of college students is at the upper middle level but the exercise behavior is at the lower middle level,the main sports place of college students is the public sports venue in the school,the main sports project is running,and the main form of exercise is with friends.(2)Among the surveyed college students,70%of the total number of sports apps were used,and the overall usage was good.Boys use more than girls,sophomores use the most,and science and engineering students use more than literature and history and other majors.(3)There were significant differences in exercise motivation among college students using sports apps in gender,major,and grade,and there were significant differences in exercise behavior in major and grade.There were significant differences in exercise motivation and exercise behavior between college students who used and did not use sports apps.(4)Exercise motivation is only very low related to the age,frequency and duration of use of sports APP.There was also only a low correlation between exercise motivation and exercise behavior.Only exercise behavior has a moderate correlation with the age of use,duration of use,and frequency of use of sports apps.