COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR ASSESSMENT OF MOVEMENT COMPETENCE AMBITION AMONG HUMAN KINETICS STUDENTS IN SOUTH-WEST UNIVERSITIES, NIGERIA

Authors

  • Isaac Akinloye Oyewumi Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria
  • Adeolu Oluwaseyi Oyekan Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • N. Philip Honawon Faculty of Education, Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejpe.v10i5.5180

Keywords:

ambition, cognitive behavioural therapy, movement competence assessment, human kinetics students, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper reports the quantitative phase of an ongoing explanatory sequential mixed methods research design on Movement Competence Ambition (MCA) among human kinetics students in public universities within the South-Western geo-political zone of Nigeria. The study holds and treats ambition as a psycho-philosophical concept. The psychological perspective of ambition implying achievement motivation was mixed with its philosophical view of honour-seeking behaviour. Both perspectives relate to Einstein’s inertial-tendency postulate regarding reference frames. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 418 respondents (199, 47.6% males; 219, 52.4% females); x̅ age = 20 years and 1 month). A self-developed 15-item validated questionnaire r =.81 built on the four “P’s” plus one added of ambition drivers, i.e. Predisposing, Precipitating, Perpetuating, Protective, and Prospective (added) factors was the main instrument for data collection. Descriptive statistics of frequency, and percentage, were employed to depict respondents’ bio-data while collected data was analysed with mean and rank ordered. Results indicate that 377 (90.2%) of the students were fairly ambitious while 41 (9.8%) were highly ambitious. 90.9% of males and 89.5% of females were fairly ambitious while more females (10.5%) were highly ambitious as compared to males (9.1%). Though there was no marked difference between the ambition statuses by gender, however, females showed a better level of ambition compared to males. The predisposing factors with a mean of 4.1 have the highest impact on movement competence ambition followed by precipitating factors with the second highest mean value of 3.5. Other factors do not affect the population's ambition status as the factors have mean values below the criterion average of 3.5. Therefore, the predisposing and precipitating factors are areas of concentration to enhance the students’ achievement goal orientation in movement competence.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Isaac Akinloye Oyewumi, Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Faculty of Education, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria

    Dr. Isaac Akinloye Oyewumi holds a PhD in Exercise and Sports Psychology from the Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-iwoye. His research interest is meaningful physical education teacher education (PETE) and the joy of effort-driven sports participation.

    ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8346-0093

  • Adeolu Oluwaseyi Oyekan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Identities and Social Cohesion in Africa, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

    Dr. Adeolu Oyekan holds a PhD from the Department of Philosophy, University of Lagos, Nigeria. He has over fifteen years of teaching and research experience. He started his academic career at the Department of Philosophy, Lagos State University, in 2008, and was a 2019-2021 postdoctoral research fellow on identities and social cohesion in Africa (ISCIA) at the Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa. He was also a 2022 winner of the Centre for Leadership Ethics Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Fort Hare, also in South Africa. His research interests include African philosophy, philosophy of culture, postcolonial studies, practical ethics, identity politics and social cohesion.

    ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8274-1619

  • N. Philip Honawon, Faculty of Education, Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria

    Nunayon Philip Honawon is an Exercise and Sports Psychologist and Lecturer in the Department of Human Kinetics, Sports, and Health Education, Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria.

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2024-01-25

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