A comparative study into the motivations for women joining to the fitness centers between Saudi and Iraqi women

Abstract

The research aimed to prepare a measure of the motivations for women to join fitness centers in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, as well as to identify the nature of these motivations among Saudi and Iraqi women. The survey method was used in a comparative manner, and the research community was represented by Saudi and Iraqi women who enrolled in fitness centers, and the research sample was represented by Among Saudi and Iraqi women, numbering (120) women in the cities of Riyadh and Babil, who were selected randomly. The researchers used tools to collect data or measure: (sources, references, questionnaire, personal interview, test, and measurement). A scale of the motivations for women joining fitness centers was prepared and distributed using an electronic questionnaire. The scale’s items reached (28) items distributed over four areas. The most important conclusions of the research indicated that women enrolled in fitness centers have good motivations for joining fitness centers, especially health and physical motivations, in addition to the absence of significant differences between Saudi and Iraqi women in some of the motivations for joining fitness centers, and one of the most important recommendations is the necessity of paying attention to practicing activity. Women's physical fitness, as well as the need to encourage women to join fitness centers.