A1 Journal article (refereed)
Enjoyment and anxiety in Finnish physical education : achievement goals and self-determination perspectives (2019)

Jaakkola, T., Barkoukis, V., Huhtiniemi, M., Salin, K., Seppälä, S., Lahti, J., & Watt, A. (2019). Enjoyment and anxiety in Finnish physical education : achievement goals and self-determination perspectives. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 19(3), 1619-1629. https://efsupit.ro/images/stories/septembrie2019/Art 235.pdf

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Jaakkola, T.; Barkoukis, V.; Huhtiniemi, M.; Salin, K.; Seppälä, S.; Lahti, J.; Watt, A.

Journal or series: Journal of Physical Education and Sport

ISSN: 2247-8051

eISSN: 2247-806X

Publication year: 2019

Volume: 19

Issue number: 3

Pages range: 1619-1629

Publisher: Journal of Physical Education and Sport

Publication country: Romania

Publication language: English

Persistent website address: https://efsupit.ro/images/stories/septembrie2019/Art 235.pdf

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/67316

Abstract

Approach: The sample of the study included 1148 (565 boys and 583 girls, Mage = 11.27, SD = .32) Grade 5 Finnish PE students who completed a battery of questionnaires including motivational climate, basic psychological needs satisfaction, motivational regulations, goal orientations, perceived competence, enjoyment, and anxiety towards PE. Structural equation modeling was used to investigate two proposed motivational sequences. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to predict students’ enjoyment and anxiety in physical education (PE) through the motivational sequences proposed by self-determination and achievement goal theories. Results: SEM demonstrated a good model fit to the data for the self-determination motivational sequence (χ2 (11) = 13.33, P = 0.27; CFI = 0.99; TLI = 0.99; RMSEA = 0.01). More specifically, the three basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation were positively linked to enjoyment, whereas amotivation was negatively linked. Furthermore, need for competence and relatedness were negatively linked to anxiety, whereas introjected regulation and amotivation were positively linked to anxiety. Subsequently, the achievement goals model fitted the data well: χ2 (19) = 29.59, P = 0.06; CFI = .99; TLI = 0.99; RMSEA = 0.03. Task-involving climate was positively, and ego-involving climate negatively, associated with enjoyment. Additionally, ego-involving climate was positively linked to anxiety. The SEM also revealed an indirect positive association from task-involving climate via task orientation to enjoyment. Conclusions: Results of this study demonstrate that satisfaction of basic psychological needs and perception of task-involving motivational climate are crucial for positive affect in PE.

Keywords: physical education (school subject); motivation (mental objects); emotions; pleasure; anxiety

Free keywords: enjoyment; anxiety; motivation; physical education

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2019

JUFO rating: 1