VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 4
On the last day of camp, athletes responded to qualitative open-ended
questions on a post-camp questionnaire, also administered by their coaches. The
post-camp questionnaire included questions about activities athletes enjoy, would
like to try, and do not enjoy. Additionally, the questionnaire solicited responses to
questions about the people who encourage or discourage physical activity in
athlete's lives. Figure 2 details the post-camp questionnaire content. For both the
pre-camp and post-camp data collection, coaches served as scribes and read the
questions aloud.
Data Analysis
For questionnaire items that elicited specific sports and activities as a
response, researchers determined relative frequencies of each response. For other
questions, qualitative data from questionnaires was coded for themes by question
using a general inductive approach (Thomas, 2006) until a point of saturation
(Glaser & Strauss, 1967). All themes arose from the data with no predetermined
codes. In order to help establish trustworthiness, researchers employed stepwise
replication (Chilisa & Preece, 2005) in which researchers coded data separately
and then compared results.
Quantitative data from Likert scales underwent statistical analysis using
JMP. To understand what motivated the youth most, we compared the average
scores for four areas (Interest/Enjoyment, Competence, Fitness, and Social) using
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