Relationship among Sports Fun, Classes Satisfaction, and Exercise Adherence Intention of University Students in Water Sports

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship among sports fun, classes satisfaction and exercise adherence intention of university students in water sports. The analysis was carried out on data from 292 university students who participated in water sports courses in four universities. Measurement Scales were selected through preceding research and verified construct validity by confirmatory factor analysis. Hypothesis test on collected data was conducted by using SPSS 19.0 and AMOS 19.0. programs. The following are the conclusions of this research. First, sports fun had a significant effect on classes satisfaction of university students in water sports. Second, sports fun had a significant effect on exercise adherence intention of university students in water sports. Third, classes satisfaction had a significant effect on exercise adherence intention of university students in water sports. Fourth, sports fun of university students in water sports had directly positive effect on exercise adherence intention. In addition, it had an effect on exercise adherence intention as the partial mediation of the classes satisfaction.