Effect of Achievement Goal Orientation of Middle and High school Rugby Players on Self-Regulation and Exercise Continuity Intention

This study aims to investigate the relationship between middle and high school rugby players' achievement goal propensity, self-regulation, and exercise continuity intention. Data from 423 middle and high school rugby players were used for the final analysis. For data processing, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, multiple regression analysis, and correlation analysis were applied using SPSS 21.0. The conclusions are as follows. First, as a result of analyzing the relationship between achievement goal propensity and self-regulation, both sub-factors of achievement goal propensity were found to be significant. Second, as a result of analyzing the relationship between achievement goal propensity and exercise continuity intention, all three sub-factors were found to be significant in task goal propensity, but self-goal propensity was found to be significant in functionality and reinforcement. Third, as a result of analyzing the relationship between self-regulation and exercise continuity intention, self-regulation was found to be significant in all three sub-factors of exercise continuity intention