A1 Journal article (refereed)
Effect of self-determined motivation in physical education on objectively measured habit physical activity : a trans-contextual model (2019)

Viciana, J., Mayorga-Vega, D., Martínez-Baena, A., Hagger Martin, S., Liukkonen, J., & Yli-Piipari, S. (2019). Effect of self-determined motivation in physical education on objectively measured habit physical activity : a trans-contextual model. Kinesiology, 51(1), 141-149. https://doi.org/10.26582/k.51.1.15

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Viciana, Jesús; Mayorga-Vega, Daniel; Martínez-Baena, Alejandro; Hagger Martin, S.; Liukkonen, Jarmo; Yli-Piipari, Sami

Journal or series: Kinesiology

ISSN: 1331-1441

eISSN: 1848-638X

Publication year: 2019

Volume: 51

Issue number: 1

Pages range: 141-149

Publisher: Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb

Publication country: Croatia

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26582/k.51.1.15

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/65223

Abstract

Grounded in the trans-contextual model, the purpose of the present study was to examine the role of self-determined motivation in Physical Education (PE) on self-determined motivation in Physical Activity (PA), PA intention, and accelerometer-measured habitual PA behavior among high-school aged adolescents. A sample of 394 Spanish high-school students (211 males and 183 females; aged 12-16 years) participated in the present study. The outcome measure of PA was established using accelerometry, whereas motiva- tion toward PA and PE as well as PA intention were measured using validated questionnaires. Path analyses supported in part the central propositions of the trans-contextual model. Self-determined motivation in PE predicted the self-determined motivation in PA (β=.45, p<.001, R2=.26). Self-determined motivation in PA predicted PA intention (β=.51, p<.001, R2=.41). The predictive strength from PA intention to behavior was weak (β=.11, p=.011, R2=.21) with a statistically non-significant mediational model from self-determined motivation in PA via PA intention to PA behavior (β=.28, p=.231). This weak-to-non-significant relationship does not fully support the previous findings that have shown the feasibility of the trans-contextual model in charting the pathways from self-determined motivation in an educational context to behaviors in an out- of-school context.

Keywords: motivation (mental objects); physical activity; young people

Free keywords: autonomy; accelerometry; moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; secondary school students

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Reporting Year: 2019

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