International comparison concerning motivation for sports behavior and self-image

本研究以日本运动员为研究对象，通过国际比较考察了各国运动员在运动行为、动机和自我形象方面的动态变化，旨在通过比较明确日本运动员的运动动机和自我形象的特点。通过考察西方和亚洲4个国家学生运动员的适应性体育行为、目标定向、对他人定向动机与文化自我形象之间的关系，发现观察自我的方式对体育行为动机有影响，并广泛地指出了体育行为差异之间的关系。此外，这些关系对于每个国家来说都是不同的，日本竞争对手的特点也很明显。

This study examined the dynamism concerning sports behavior, motivation, and self-image of each country from an international comparison targeting sports competitors with the purpose of clarifying the characteristics of the motivation and self-image of Japanese competitors through the comparison. Upon examining the relationship between adaptive sports behavior, target orientation, motivation of orientation towards others, and cultural self-image of student competitors from 4 countries in the West and Asia, the way of viewing oneselfwas shown to have an impact on motivation for sports behavior, and a relationship of differences in sports behavior was broadly indicated. Furthermore, these relationships were shown to be different for each country, and the characteristicof Japanese competitors became apparent.