This study aims to determine the motivation for participating in dance exercises among Universiti Teknologi Mara Shah Alam students. A total of 110 respondents were involved in this study. The result showed that Positive Health has the highest mean with M=4.56 (SD=0.572). The highest mean for males and females is also Positive Health with M=4.59 (SD=0.596) and M=4.53 (SD=0.557). There is no significant difference in motivation factors for participating in dance exercises between gender with a p-value is 0.459, p>0.05. Based on the result, males and females had the same motivation to participate in dance exercises for a healthy lifestyle.
Keywords: Motivation; Dance Exercise
eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI7%20(Special%20Issue).3825