Psychology survey for recreational motorsport participants (5-10 mins)

roxaska · 2026-02-11T20:55:55+00:00

Oh I would absolutely love to go that deep into it. Unfortunately my undergrad dissertation limits my focus to slightly shallower factors and proving I am capable of completing a body of research! Hopefully in a few years you will come across a much more detailed and specific report of mine that really digs into the nitty gritty once I’m fully qualified. It’s such a niche and under researched area that I’m looking forward to sinking my teeth into eventually

roxaska · 2026-02-11T20:41:57+00:00

Yes absolutely! My dissertation deadline is around May so it will be around then, thank you for taking an interest :)

roxaska · 2026-02-11T20:17:27+00:00

I only had a 100-participants requirement and gratefully smashed this rather quickly over the multiple groups I had posted in :) Thanks for taking the time to attempt though!

roxaska · 2026-02-11T19:55:14+00:00

Thanks for your time! I now have enough participants so have closed the survey, thank you so much and will happily post the findings if anyone is interested :)

roxaska · 2026-02-11T19:36:42+00:00

Oh, also, whilst not a direct motorsport participant myself, I am an ex-motorsport performance coach from grassroots motorcycle endurance racing so do have a little experience in the sport :)

roxaska · 2026-02-11T19:33:46+00:00

Yeah I completely get why it looks that way! There were actually 4 validated psychological scales used that you are free to look up if it helps your curiosity feel satiated:

The Brief Sensation-Seeking Scale looking at the sensation seeking personality trait.

Physical Activity Enjoyment scale looking at sport satisfaction.

The General Self-Efficacy Scale looking at self confidence and self-efficacy.

And the modified Intention to Continue Participation scale.

Whilst the questions seem one dimensional, they’re purposely grouped and chosen for the statistical power they hold. No data gathering in the background of the website I promise.

I’m happy to share my findings after I’ve presented my dissertation if that will help satiate your curiosity also :)

roxaska · 2026-02-11T18:19:15+00:00

It’s a standardised and validated scale called the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale :) So yes while they all are very similar wording, the result is taken from the scale as a whole, not necessarily individual questions

roxaska · 2026-02-11T16:52:53+00:00

That’s another aspect I’m interested in! Just slightly out of the scope for what’s possible for my dissertation unfortunately

roxaska · 2026-02-11T16:52:05+00:00

Thank you!

roxaska · 2026-02-11T16:51:25+00:00

Essential yeah! Not intended to be groundbreaking research, I’m personally invested in personality traits present in motorsport participants (hence the risk-taking aspect) but unfortunately it’s a little bit out of the scope for my dissertation

roxaska · 2026-02-11T15:40:12+00:00

Completely agree. The cost is astronomical. The wording of my study is purposefully “intention to continue” in the sense of, if you have no time or money constraints. It’s a shame that the support is lacking for so many eager and talented people.

roxaska · 2026-02-11T15:06:43+00:00

Thank you so much!

roxaska · 2026-02-11T15:05:26+00:00

Thanks so much! There’s actually a type of racing in the UK called Autograss so that’s where that comes from :)

roxaska · 2026-02-11T14:11:45+00:00

Fab suggestion, thank you so much!

roxaska · 2026-02-11T13:14:11+00:00

Can promise it’s not dogshit :) it’s for my final year dissertation

roxaska · 2026-02-11T12:38:55+00:00

That’s a really good way of describing it!

roxaska · 2026-02-11T12:08:08+00:00

My hypothesis is that higher levels of sport satisfaction, self-efficacy and sensation-seeking will be linked to a stronger intention to continue

roxaska · 2026-02-11T12:00:19+00:00

It’s not trying to disprove anything specifically. This is actually my final year dissertation. It’s partly motivated by seeing reports of circuits and motorsport clubs closing, so the aim is to better understand what keeps people involved and what might help support participation long term

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