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The purpose of this study is to examine the factors of female university students' motivation for sport participation in relation to the period of their athletic group experience. The survey on the sum of 77 items of motivation for sport participation was conducted to 470 female students from two universities. Principal factor solution method with normal varimax rotation was applied to the correlation matrix of all subjects and to those of three groups divided in terms of the period of their athletic group experience. Main findings are summarized as follows: 1. 9 factors common to both athletes and non-athletes are named Activity (which consists of 8 items of motivation such as I like sport, I like moving actively, I feel well after sport and so on), Character Shaping (10 items: I can shape my courage, decision, self-denying spirit etc.), Inducement (7 items: My friends participate, My friends induced me etc.), Friendship (5 items: We can cooperate, We can make good friends etc.), Exploration (4 items: I want to try it, I want to have various experiences etc.), Social Recognition (6 items: I can be proud of it, Others recognize my ability etc.), Sport skill and Motor Ability (5 items: I can correct pose of my body, I can keep myself in shape etc.), and Achievement (5 items: It shapes guts, It fastens my will etc.). 2. 7 factors common among 3 groups (group A: non-experience, group B: 0.1 to 3.9 years' experience, group C: more than 4 years' experience), when the same analysis was applied to them separately, are Character Shaping, Inducement, Activity, Exploration, Social Recognition, Sport Skill and Motor Ability, and Beauty and Health. 3. As the characteristic factors of each group, Catharsis (7 items: I feel ill without doing sport, I can forget my inferiority complex in daily life etc.) from group A, and Recreation (4 items: It is pleasant, It makes daily life pleasant and rich etc.) and Game (5 items: I can shape adventurous mind, I can shape my courage, I like serious feeling in the game etc.) were obtained. 4. The contents of the factor Character Shaping vary from goal achieving character shaping to harmonious character shaping as athletic group experience becomes longer. 5. The factor Inducement is significant for the students of shorter period of athletic group experience. 6. The contents of the factor Activity vary from light activities to hard ones as athletic group experience becomes longer. 7. The students who have longer period of athletic group experience sublimate their competitive mind with sport skill.
