Understanding the motives of supplement usage among Sailor Athetes in Malaysia / Mohamad Syahir Mohd Fouat

• Main Author: Mohd Fouat, Mohamad Syahir
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Study and teaching. Research; Statistical data; Consumption. Demand (Economic theory); Demography. Population. Vital events; Consumer behavior. Consumers' preferences. Consumer research. Including consumer profiling
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45950/1/45950.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45950/

The purpose of this study was to examine the understanding of motives towards supplement usage among sailor athletes in Malaysia. Methods: This is quantitative research. There were 202 respondents involved in this study. They were reached at Langkawi Regatta Perdana Event. All obtained data were analysed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. One Way ANOVA was used to determine the differences between motives of usage and number of years involved in sport and Independent T-Test was used to investigate the differences between motives of usage and level of representatives in sport. Meanwhile descriptive statistic was used to identify other variables and demographic. The result yielded that, there is a significant difference between motives of usage and number of years involved in sport. Significant difference between motives of usage and level ofrepresentatives in sport also was reported.