Asia Life Sciences

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perception of success they feel in the sports field and the field of general life. 118 collegiate male student-athletes (15 basketballs, 34 rugby, 25 ice hockey, 22 baseballs, and 22 footballs) were selected as a judgment sampling, which was a non-probability sampling method. And the survey was conducted using an open questionnaire. First, as a result of inductive analysis of 'perception of success in exercise', it was categorized 10 sub-areas (individual/team goal achievement, continuance of player life, mental/physical competence, victory/new-record achievement, recognition, increase in income, joined the woks/pro team, national team selection, happiness) and 5 general areas such as Performance Achievement (34.96%), Honor (29.37%), Monetary Reward (16.78%), Status Improvement (15.38%), and Happiness (3.49%). Next, the results of 'perception of success in life' include 9 sub-areas (happiness, positive life, self-satisfaction, work to be done, goal achievement, monetary compensation, recognition, family, health) and 5 general areas such as Happiness (27.27%), Achievement (25.97%), Monetary Reward (23.37%), Honor (13.63%), and others (9.74%). In summary, performance achievement was high as a reference for success in both exercise and life. Above all, subjective happiness was high as a criterion for the success of life, and it showed a different result than the previous one, which regarded exercise as a means for increasing economic income or increasing status.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between an instructor’s professionalism determined by Pilates participants, participants’ physical self-description, and their subjective happiness. Due to the rapid growth of Pilates, we aimed to provide basic data on Pilates instructors’ program management and understanding of members’ needs by verifying the factors that make participants feel happy and sustained through Pilates. The study involved women participating in Pilates in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province from June to August 2019. Correlation analysis was used before regression analysis to predict the correlation between variables, and a multiple regression analysis was used to identify the effect of relationships and significant factors between each variable. Finally, in order to verify the effect of the mediator variable in the process of the independent variable affecting the dependent variable, a three-step mediator analysis process of Baron and Kenny (1986) was conducted. As a result of the regression analysis, the teaching technique, a sub-factor of the instructor’s professionalism, influenced the physical self-description of participants. Physical attractiveness, physical activity, sport competence, sub-factors of physical self-description as a mediator affected on Subjective happiness. Only teaching technique, a sub-factor of instructor’s professionalism, showed a statistically significant effect on subjective happiness. Next, as a result of identifying the mediating effect of the physical self-description, it was verified that the physical attractiveness and sport competence of the physical self-description had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between the instructor’s professionalism and subjective happiness.