Analysis of factors influencing empathy in sports participants using SEM PLS

Objective: This study aims to test relevant predictive models to develop effective interventions related to empathy, sport participation, and culture in sport activities. Method: This research uses SEM_PLS with a quantitative approach. This study involved 680 participants (67.8% female, 32.2% mal...

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Main Authors: Muhamad Sazeli Rifki, Anton Komaini, Surya Adi Saputra, Endang Sepdanius, Mert Kurnaz
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Published: FEADEF 2025-05-01
Series:Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación
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Online Access:https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/111408
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author Muhamad Sazeli Rifki
Anton Komaini
Surya Adi Saputra
Endang Sepdanius
Mert Kurnaz
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description Objective: This study aims to test relevant predictive models to develop effective interventions related to empathy, sport participation, and culture in sport activities. Method: This research uses SEM_PLS with a quantitative approach. This study involved 680 participants (67.8% female, 32.2% male) aged 17 years from 6 cities in West Sumatra. The research instrument consisted of 5 sub-variables—sports participant empathy, sports participation, encouragement to exercise, attitude towards sports, and behavior in sports—with 29 items. Results: The results showed a significant relationship between several variables, indicated by a P value <0.05. Significant relationships include Encouragement to Exercise to Sports Participation (0.349, P = 0.003), Exercise Behavior to Sports Participant Empathy (0.867, P = 0.000), Attitude Toward Sports to Encouragement to Exercise (0.826, P = 0.000), Attitude Toward Sports to Sports Participation (0.571, P = 0.000), and Attitude Toward Sports to Sports Behavior (0.757, P = 0.000). This shows a strong and significant relationship between these variables. In contrast, the relationship between Encouragement to Exercise and Sports Participation to Sports Participant Empathy is insignificant, indicating that the effect between these variables is weak or not statistically significant. Conclusion: This study found that positive attitudes toward sports strongly influence sports behavior and participation. Sports behavior is also significantly linked to empathy. However, encouragement to exercise and participation alone did not impact empathy. As a correlational study, it suggests further research is needed to explore causal relationships and influencing factors.
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spelling doaj-art-e31037d2a70c4002a8fa8eac81f02e7d2025-08-20T01:55:28ZengFEADEFRetos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación1579-17261988-20412025-05-016810.47197/retos.v68.111408Analysis of factors influencing empathy in sports participants using SEM PLSMuhamad Sazeli Rifki0Anton Komaini1Surya Adi Saputra2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2400-4861Endang Sepdaniushttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4989-3017Mert Kurnaz3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9006-3344Universitas Negeri PadangUniversitas Negeri PadangUniversitas Negeri MalangHalic University Objective: This study aims to test relevant predictive models to develop effective interventions related to empathy, sport participation, and culture in sport activities. Method: This research uses SEM_PLS with a quantitative approach. This study involved 680 participants (67.8% female, 32.2% male) aged 17 years from 6 cities in West Sumatra. The research instrument consisted of 5 sub-variables—sports participant empathy, sports participation, encouragement to exercise, attitude towards sports, and behavior in sports—with 29 items. Results: The results showed a significant relationship between several variables, indicated by a P value <0.05. Significant relationships include Encouragement to Exercise to Sports Participation (0.349, P = 0.003), Exercise Behavior to Sports Participant Empathy (0.867, P = 0.000), Attitude Toward Sports to Encouragement to Exercise (0.826, P = 0.000), Attitude Toward Sports to Sports Participation (0.571, P = 0.000), and Attitude Toward Sports to Sports Behavior (0.757, P = 0.000). This shows a strong and significant relationship between these variables. In contrast, the relationship between Encouragement to Exercise and Sports Participation to Sports Participant Empathy is insignificant, indicating that the effect between these variables is weak or not statistically significant. Conclusion: This study found that positive attitudes toward sports strongly influence sports behavior and participation. Sports behavior is also significantly linked to empathy. However, encouragement to exercise and participation alone did not impact empathy. As a correlational study, it suggests further research is needed to explore causal relationships and influencing factors. https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/111408Empathysport participationattitude toward sportbehavior in exerciseencouragement to exercise
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Analysis of factors influencing empathy in sports participants using SEM PLS
Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación
Empathy
sport participation
attitude toward sport
behavior in exercise
encouragement to exercise
title Analysis of factors influencing empathy in sports participants using SEM PLS
title_full Analysis of factors influencing empathy in sports participants using SEM PLS
title_fullStr Analysis of factors influencing empathy in sports participants using SEM PLS
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of factors influencing empathy in sports participants using SEM PLS
title_short Analysis of factors influencing empathy in sports participants using SEM PLS
title_sort analysis of factors influencing empathy in sports participants using sem pls
topic Empathy
sport participation
attitude toward sport
behavior in exercise
encouragement to exercise
url https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/111408
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