A Study of Participation Motive in Outdoor Recreational Activities
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to identify the students’ participation motive in outdoor recreation activities at private city campus University at Kuala Lumpur. Demand for outdoor recreation activities among Malaysians is rising but there has been lack of survey being conducted focusing on outdoor recreation for students from the private University especially from the City Campus students. The data was collected from 120 students who are studying at this City Campus. Subjects were randomly selected for the survey which consisted of the students from Faculty of Science and Faculty of Non Science. The questionnaire developed by Shazali & Hanim,(2012) was being used to study the motivation in outdoor recreation activity for Science and Non Science students at University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. The data was analyzed using the non-parametric measure by Mann Whitney U Test. Result indicated that the subject highly agreed that the main motivation for outdoor recreation participation for Private City Campus University in Kuala Lumpur for the Faculty of Science are the Accessibility to the Recreation Area, Healthy and As a Necessities of Life. For the subjects from the Faculty of Non Science, they are looking for New Experience, Enjoy the Nature and Looking for Self Confident. The conclusion is that the value of outdoor natural environment is seen important by the subject and they enjoy participating in outdoor recreation activities in order to enrich the value in the student life for self-development.
Authors and Affiliations
M. Adli Mohd Sidi, Wirdati Mohd Radzi, Mohd Salleh Aman, Mazuki Mohd Yassim
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- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v7-i3/2865
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