Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among exercise enjoyment, exercise passion and health concern for golf participants. To achieve the goal of this study, a total of 250 questionnaires were distributed and 250 copies were collected back. Out of those returned questionnaires, insincerely replied or double-replied questionnaires were excluded and finally 244 questionnaires were analyzed for this study. For analysis of the data, frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equating modeling were conducted using SPSS 18.0 and AMOS 18.0. Main findings were as follows: First exercise enjoyment had a positive effect on exercise passion(harmonious passion). Second, exercise enjoyment had a positive effect on exercise passion(obsessive passion). Third, exercise enjoyment had a positive effect on health concern. Fourth, exercise passion(harmonious passion) had a positive effect on health concern. Fifth, exercise passion(obsessive passion) had a negative effect on health concern. Sixth, harmonious passion mediated the relationship between golf participant exercise enjoyment and health concern. But obsessive passion negative mediated the relationship between golf participant exercise enjoyment and health concern.
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