The relationship between motivation, fitness level and social influence towards training adherence among ROTU cadet / Muhamad Adha Nor Azmi

Purpose: To investigate the relationship between motivation, fitness level and social influence towards training adherence among ROTU cadet at UiTM Shah Alam. Method: Thirty two (n=32) junior ROTU cadet at UiTM Shah Alam participated in this study. Physical fitness test battery was conducted in order to investigate the fitness level of the cadet. It consists of vertical jump, 300 meter sprints, 1.5 mile or walk, maximum push up and one minute sit up. Participant had to answer a questionnaire that consist of three section (Section A: Demographic profile, section B: family sport orientation and peer influences questionnaire and section C: sport motivation scale). Result: Result showed the moderate relationship between fitness level and training adherence with the (p< 0.05) and (r= 0.538). There was high moderate relationship between motivation and training adherence with (p< 0.05) and (r= 0.649). For the social influence, researcher divided the result by two. There were very high relationship between friend social influence and training adherence with (p< 0.05) and (r= 0.851) and there were high moderate relationship between family social influence and training adherence with (p< 0.05) and (r= 0. 723). Conclusion: The finding showed that, there were significant relationship between motivation, fitness level and social influence towards training adherence among ROTU cadet at UiTM Shah Alam.