Structural Relationship between Sports Immersion, Achievement Goal Orientation, Positive Psychological Capital, and Subjective Happiness of College Students

Abstract

Background/Objectives:  This study was conducted to identify the structural relationship between sports immersion, achievement goal orientation, positive psychological capital, and subjective happiness of sports major college students. Methods/Statistical analysis: The subjects of the study were sports major college students, and a survey was conducted. A total of 479 questionnaires were collected, excluding those with insufficient responses. The following results were obtained through frequency analysis, factor analysis, and path analysis. Findings: First, the results of analyzing the correlation between sports major college students' sports immersion, achievement goal orientation, positive psychological capital, and subjective happiness showed a positive correlation in all sub-variables. Second, the research model in this study satisfied the fit index and all the standard values ​​were within the standard range, indicating that the measurement model was appropriate. Third, the results of the path analysis between variables of sports major college students showed that all hypotheses were statistically significant, and thus were accepted. Improvements/Applications: In conclusion, it was confirmed that the sports immersion of sports majors was a major variable affecting achievement goal orientation, positive psychological capital, and subjective happiness, and that achievement goal orientation was a major variable affecting subjective happiness. In addition, it was confirmed that positive psychological capital was a major variable affecting subjective happiness and achievement goal orientation.