Table 3.

Motivation sub-scales according to age group and gender

Sub-scale	Age		Gender
	20 to 40	41 to 64	Male	Female
Mastery	20.90 ± 3.03*	17.71 ± 4.05*	20.61 ± 3.42*	18.30 ± 3.94*
Enjoyment	21.17 ± 2.92*	19.79 ± 3.42*	20.93 ± 3.03*	19.77 ± 3.37*
Psychological condition	20.08 ± 3.21*	21.64 ± 3.02*	19.89 ± 3.16*	20.80 ± 20.8*
Physical condition	20.42 ± 3.47*	20.22 ± 3.33*	19.86 ± 3.76*	20.84 ± 2.91*
Appearance	18.76 ± 4.25*	18.86 ± 3.93*	18.28 ± 4.27*	20.37 ± 3.86*
Others’ expectation	15.41 ± 4.54	16.19 ± 4.87	16.61 ± 4.59	14.84 ± 4.65
Affiliation	19.89 ± 3.37*	17.49 ± 4.34*	19.67 ± 3.58	17.95 ± 4.24
Competition/Ego	18.47 ± 4.43*	16.22 ± 4.79*	19.31 ± 4.15*	15.53 ± 4.53*

Note: Results are shown as Mean ± SD; *p < .05.