A Study On The Psychological Needs Of Urban Marathon Contestants

With the upsurge of national fitness,the whole country quickly set off an upsurge to participate in marathons.This research aims to analyze the psychological needs of contestants,analyze the differences in the psychological needs of marathon contestants under different demographic characteristics,and explore the causes behind the differences to provide a reference for the organization and service of marathon events.This study takes the psychological needs of marathon participants as the research content,takes the running group and the marathon runners as the survey objects,and uses the literature data method,questionnaire survey method and mathematical statistics method to investigate the psychological needs of marathon participants.The results show that:(1)The psychological needs of urban marathon participants have 6 dimensions,namely:social needs,self-awareness needs,self-achievement needs,health needs,respect needs,and cultural needs.(2)Both male and female contestants have psychological needs for social,self-awareness,self-achievement,health,respect,and culture.The psychological needs of male and female contestants are not significantly different.Both male and female contestants hope to meet their 6 psychological needs by participating in the marathon.(3)Different age groups have psychological needs of social,self-awareness,self-achievement,health,respect,and culture,and there is no obvious difference.(4)Participants of different educational levels have psychological needs of social,self-awareness,self-achievement,health,respect,and culture.Differences in educational level cannot affect their psychological needs.(5)Participants in different occupations are involved in social,self-awareness,self-achievement,health,respect,and cultural psychological needs.Although the occupations are different,the psychological needs of the participants are not significantly different.The following research conclusions were drawn:(1)This study compiled a marathon contestant psychological demand scale.Through project analysis and exploratory factor analysis,the scale standardization and reliability and validity test were completed.The Marathon Psychological Demand Scale includes 6 dimensions,and subsequent researchers can use it as a future research tool based on the actual situation.(2)Analyze the psychological needs of marathon participants through the obtained scale,and find that participants' psychological needs are:social needs,self-cognition needs,health needs,self-achievement needs,respect needs,cultural needs,and the psychological needs coexist in parallel relationship.(3)There is no obvious difference in the psychological needs of contestants between different genders,ages,education levels and occupations,showing the same demand characteristics,and their psychological needs have the characteristics of parallelism and diversification of needs.