Associatons Between Physical Exercise And Sports Consumption Needs Of College Students In Shanghai

Background: Being at an important stage in the construction of a "Healthy China" and a "Powerful Sports Nation",comprehensively promoting people’s fitness and sports consumption is one of the important strategies for the development of national sports at this stage.College students are an important new force for the future development of the country.Therefore,it is of great significance to study the physical exercise and sports consumption needs of college students in the new era.Objective: This study aims to explore the relationship between college students’ physical exercise and sports consumption needs.The specific research objectives are as follows: 1)Exploring the current status of physical exercise attitude,physical exercise volume and sports consumption needs of college students in Shanghai 2)Examining the relationship between the physical exercise attitude and sports consumption needs of college students in Shanghai;3)Examining relationship between the physical exercise volume and sports consumption needs of college students in Shanghai.Methods: 823 college students from universities in Shanghai were surveyed.In order to investigate the relationship between college students’ physical exercise and sports consumption needs,systematic literature reviewing,surveys by questionnaires and statistical analyses were used.exercise attitude scale adapted by Mao Rongjian,physical activity rating scale adapted by Liang Deqing,and sports consumption needs scale adapted by Chen Shanping were used to investigate college students’ physical exercise attitude,physical exercise volume and sports consumption needs.Using SPSS software,independent sample T test,one way ANOVA,Pearson’s correlation and linear regression were used to statistics and analyze the data.Results:(1)Results showed that exercise attitudes,physical exercise volume and sports consumption needs were different among students with different gender,grade,major,monthly consumption level(P<0.05);Exercise attitudes and sports consumption needs were different among students with different household registration locations(P<0.05).(2)After adjusting with grade,major,monthly consumption level and household registration location,male college students’ behavior attitude,goal attitude,behavior cognition,behavior habits,behavior intention,emotional experience,and behavioral control positively predicted sports consumption needs(P<0.05),while there was no significant association between subjective standards and sports consumption needs(P>0.05);all dimensions of attitudes towards physical exercise positively predicted sports consumption needs in female college students(P<0.05).After adjusting with grade,major,monthly consumption level and household registration location,the physical exercise volume of male college students positively predicted the sports consumption needs(P<0.05);the physical exercise volume of female college students positively predicted the sports consumption needs(P<0.05).Conclusions: Gender,grade,major,monthly consumption level and are correlated with college students’ attitudes towards exercise,physical exercise volume and sports consumption needs,while household registration location is correlated with college students’ attitudes towards exercise and sports consumption needs.College students’ attitudes towards exercise and physical exercise volume positively predict the sports consumption needs,suggesting that the more positive the college students’ physical exercise attitudes and the higher the physical exercise volume,the higher their physical exercise consumption needs will be.