The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze the participation behavior of DFAP’s in continuous physical activities by applying an EHBM to the special era situation of COVID-19 Pandemic. Therefore, the contents derived based on the results and discussions of this study are as follows.
First, H1, that PS, a sub-factor of EHBM will have a significant effect CPB, H1 was rejected. Second, H2, that PS, a sub-factor of EHBM will have a significant effect CPB, H2 was accepted. Third, H3, that PD, a sub-factor of EHBM will have a significant effect CPB, H3 was rejected. Fourth, H4, that CA, a sub-factor of EHBM will have a significant effect CPB, H4 was accepted. Fifth, H5, that AT, a sub-factor of EHBM will have a significant effect CPB, H5 was accepted. Sixth, H6, that PBC, a sub-factor of EHBM will have a significant effect CPB, H6 was accepted. Taken together, it means that the higher the PB, CA, AT, and PBC of DFAP’s, the higher the continuous participation behavior of physical activities such as DFA. Therefore, even if the epidemic crisis such as COVID-19 repeats again in the future, it is necessary to prepare a self-prevention plan to set a minimum number of people per day by promoting safety in physical activity spaces for DFAP’s to continue participating. Physical activities such as DFA are composed of groups, so they can be vulnerable to epidemic such as COVID-19. In other words, DFA operators should prepare and thoroughly manage their own preventive measures to prevent them from recognizing the risks such as COVID-19 infection caused by participation in DFA.
Also, to improve the positive attitudes of DFAP’s such as happiness, pleasure, and
satisfaction required to develop a program that allows participants to feel satisfaction in the process of achieving the goal by presenting various goals to the participants according to a certain cycle. In addition, stimulating the emotional aspects of participants using interior decorations, props, and lighting of space when participating in physical activities such as daily dance is also judged to be a way to continue participation in physical activities.
These study results are of academic significance in that they can serve as the basis
for follow-up study on continuous physical activity participation behavior in special era situations such as COVID-19. However, the following limitations exist in the process of conducting the study.
First, in this study, CA, AT, and PBC were set as additional variables in the HBM
according to the special era situation of COVID-19, but there will be various variables that induce continuous participation in physical activities such as DFA. Therefore, in subsequent studies, in-depth studies on continuous physical activity participation behavior should be conducted through the application of complex variables suitable for the situation of the times.
Second, this study limited DFAP’s to research subjects, but in the following study,
it is possible to provide more specific data than this study if the study reflects the individual characteristics of the subjects or the characteristics of each participating event.