en جامعه شناسی و تاریخ ورزشی Sport Sociology and History مقاله اصیل Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background.</strong> There has been a continuous increase in the participation of female athletes in &ldquo;masculine&rdquo; sports competitions and this is in line with the amplifying debate of whether this activity is appropriate for women in Indonesia.<br> <strong>Objectives. </strong>This study aims to determine women&#39;s athletic motives for participating in &quot;masculine&quot; sports and their relationship with the incidence of dysmenorrhea.<br> <strong>Methods. </strong>This research is a quantitative study with a cross-sectional approach. The sample of this research is 137 female athletes by purposive sampling. The questionnaire was distributed to obtain data on extrinsic and intrinsic motives as well as the incidence of dysmenorrhea. The analysis used multinomial regression.<br> <strong>Results. </strong>The results showed that there was an influence between the athlete&#39;s motivation and the incidence of moderate dysmenorrhea (p=0.024; RRR=8.5), there was a relationship between athlete&#39;s motivation and the incidence of severe dysmenorrhea (p=0.024; RRR=21.5), besides there was an influence between early menarche and the incidence of moderate dysmenorrhea (p=0.005; RRR=0.3) and there was an effect of early menarche with the incidence of severe dysmenorrhea levels (p=0.022; RRR=0.02).<br> <strong>Conclusions. </strong>The extrinsic motivation variable is the most influential for the occurrence of dysmenorrhea, so it is necessary to increase the intrinsic motivation of athletes both by themselves and by the coach.</div> Motives, Menstrual Cycle, Masculine Sports 0 0 http://aassjournal.com/browse.php?a_code=A-11-1560-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Nina Sutresna nina.sutresna@upi.edu 10031947532846009139 10031947532846009139 Yes Faculty of Sport and Health Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia Pipit Pitriani pipitpitriani@upi.edu 10031947532846009140 10031947532846009140 No Faculty of Sport and Health Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia Yudi Nurcahya udinurcahya@upi.edu 10031947532846009141 10031947532846009141 No Faculty of Sport and Health Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia Surdiniaty Ugelta surdiniaty@upi.edu 10031947532846009142 10031947532846009142 No Faculty of Sport and Health Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia