The Correlation Between Physical Activity and Academic Motivation of Undergraduate Medical Students of the Universitas Islam Indonesia

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10.2991/assehr.k.210930.032How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Academic Motivation, Pandemic, Physical Activity

Abstract

Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has caused changes in activity. Changing physical activity can cause various psychological changes in humans. For medical students, psychological changes because physical activity is an important factor in supporting academic motivation to learn. This study was aimed to examine the correlation between physical activity and academic motivation of undergraduate medical students at the Universitas Islam Indonesia during the pandemic. Methods: This study was an observational study using a cross-sectional method with a sample of undergraduate medical students at the Universitas Islam Indonesia. Data was collected through an e-questionnaire. Physical activity was measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), and Academic Motivation was measured by the Intrinsic Motivation to Know (IMTK), which is part of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). Subjects were selected through consecutive sampling methods and followed the inclusion and exclusion criteria. After the main test was carried out, statistical analysis was then conducted. Results: Data analysis using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test with two variables (physical activity and academic motivation) obtained p <0.05. The Spearman test showed non-significant results with p> 0.05 Conclusion: This study shows that there is no relationship between physical activity and academic motivation of Undergraduate Medical Students of the Universitas Islam Indonesia during the Pandemic.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Syafira Laila Nurulita
AU  - Yanasta Yudo Pratama
AU  - Hafidhania Penadi
AU  - Irsalina Nur Timami
AU  - Alfia Qurrota Ayun
AU  - Umatul Khoiriyah
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/01
TI  - The Correlation Between Physical Activity and Academic Motivation of Undergraduate Medical Students of the Universitas Islam Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Education (ICME 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 172
EP  - 175
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210930.032
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210930.032
ID  - Nurulita2021
ER  -