ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Sport Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1603098
The relationship between exercise participation satisfaction, exercise commitment, and exercise adherence intention according to peer relationships among Korean school sports club participants
Provisionally accepted
- 1Shinhan University, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
- 2Dongshin University, Naju, South Jeolla, Republic of Korea
- 3Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea
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Introduction: This study investigated the structural relationships among peer relationships, exercise participation satisfaction, exercise commitment, and exercise adherence intention in the context of Korean adolescents participating in school sports clubs. The aim was to provide empirical insights that can inform strategies to promote sustained participation in physical activity.Methods: This study collected data from 245 middle school students in South Korea who were either currently participating in or had previous experience with school sports clubs, using a snowball sampling method. The data collection process was conducted with prior approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and informed consent was obtained from both the participants and their legal guardians. The collected data were analyzed using frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM).The results indicated that peer relationships, exercise participation satisfaction, and exercise commitment significantly influenced exercise adherence intention. Peer relationships had a direct effect on both exercise participation satisfaction and exercise commitment, and an indirect effect on exercise adherence intention through these mediating variables. Discussion: These findings highlight the importance of developing intervention strategies that foster positive emotional experiences-particularly satisfaction and commitment-arising from peer relationships. Such strategies may be critical for encouraging long-term engagement in school-based sports programs among adolescents.
Keywords: Korean school sports clubs, Peer relationship, exercise participation satisfaction, Exercise commitment, exercise adherence intention
Received: 31 Mar 2025; Accepted: 21 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Jung, Jung, Lee and Kim. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Myung Kyu Jung, Dongshin University, Naju, 520-714, South Jeolla, Republic of Korea
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