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Motivational predictors of physical education students' effort, exercise intentions, and leisure-time physical activity: a multilevel linear growth analysis

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posted on 2014-07-29, 08:59 authored by Ian TaylorIan Taylor, Nikos Ntoumanis, Martyn Standage, Christopher SprayChristopher Spray
Grounded in self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), the present study explored whether Physical Education (PE) students’ psychological needs and their motivational regulations towards PE, predicted mean differences and changes in effort in PE, exercise intentions and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) over the course of one UK school trimester. One-hundred and seventyeight students (69% male) aged between 11 and 16 years completed a multi-section questionnaire at the beginning, middle and end of a school trimester. Multilevel growth models revealed that students’ perceived competence and self-determined regulations were the most consistent predictors of the outcome variables at the within- and between-person levels. The results of this work add to the extant SDT-based literature by examining change in PE students’ motivational regulations and psychological needs, as well as underscoring the importance of disaggregating within- and between-student effects.

History

School

  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

Volume

32

Issue

1

Pages

99 - 120 (22)

Citation

TAYLOR, I.M. ... et al., 2010. Motivational predictors of physical education students' effort, exercise intentions, and leisure-time physical activity: a multilevel linear growth analysis. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 32 (1), pp. 99-120.

Publisher

© Human Kinetics, Inc.

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2010

Notes

This version of this article is as accepted for publication.

ISSN

0895-2779

eISSN

1543-2904

Language

  • en