Motivational Predictors of Physical Education Students' Effort, Exercise Intentions, and Leisure-Time Physical Activity: A Multilevel Linear Growth Analysis

Ian M. Taylor ^[1] ; Nikos Ntoumanis ^[2] ; Martyn Standage ^[3] ; Christopher M. Spray ^[1]
1. [1] Loughborough University
  
  Loughborough University
  
  Charnwood District, Reino Unido
2. [2] University of Birmingham
  
  University of Birmingham
  
  Reino Unido
3. [3] University of Bath
  
  University of Bath
  
  Reino Unido
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Localización: Journal of sport and exercise psychology, ISSN 0895-2779, Vol. 32, Nº. 1, 2010, págs. 90-120
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Grounded in self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000), the current study explored whether physical education (PE) students� psychological needs and their motivational regulations toward 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 seventy-eight students (69% male) aged between 11 and 16 years completed a multisection 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.