Abstract

MARCAL, Rauã Monteiro  and  FINCO, Mateus David. Physical activity practices: an analysis of the motivation and satisfaction of the military police in João Pessoa. Rev. Motriviv. [online]. 2020, vol.32, n.63, e73579.  Epub Sep 01, 2020. ISSN 2175-8042.  https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2020.e73579.

This study aims to analyze the motivational and satisfaction aspects in the physical activity practices of military police officers. From a methodological point of view, this study includes a qualitative - descriptive and transversal research, the data were obtained through a semi-structured questionnaire, being analyzed in a qualitative and quantitative way, through content analysis and simple percentage statistics. This research was carried out with 32 military police officers of the active and guard of the reserve, of both sexes, belonging to the 5th Military Police Battalion of the state of Paraíba. The results obtained suggest that most police officers are adept at some physical activity practice, the predominance of intrinsic factors in the motivation to perform these practices was observed, the main ones mentioned being health, well-being, quality of life, aesthetics and physical conditioning for professional performance.

Keywords : Physical education; Physical activity; Motivation; Health; Military police.

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