The motivation to participate in physical activity among UiTM Perlis students during movement control order / Nurul Najwa Nabawi

Physical activity was defined as a movement that created by body or muscle that produced energy expenditure. In order to do physical activity, it is necessary to have motivation throughout exercise to lead people to increase quality of lifestyle, stress reduction and enjoyment. There were limited study on motivation to participate in physical activity among UiTM Perlis students during movement control order. Therefore, the aims for this study was to identify the motivational to participate in physical activity among UiTM Perlis students during movement control order. Participate Motivation Questionnaire (PMQ) was used to collect 403 respondents from students UiTM Perlis by creating the questionnaire link in Google Forms and distributed it using Whatsapp. There are significant differences for certain faculties in terms of sports action with friends, popularity and sport events (p = <0.05) due sport action with friends was enjoyable to do physical activity with friends, popularity was encouraged and supported those in team sport and sport events was the activity to promote positive mental health. Therefore, the study offers sound psychometric and comparative findings that may be useful for research purposes and as a measurement tool for integrating motivation among students to engage in physical activities and sports.