Behzad Behzadnia; Mohammad Keshtidar
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There has been a growing importance in relation to students’ intention to continue physical activities. The current study, based on self-determination theory, investigated teachers’ interpersonal behaviors in students’ intention to continue physical activities through basic psychological ...
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There has been a growing importance in relation to students’ intention to continue physical activities. The current study, based on self-determination theory, investigated teachers’ interpersonal behaviors in students’ intention to continue physical activities through basic psychological needs mediation role. 120 students who participated in physical education courses fill out the perception of teachers’ autonomy-supportive and control (Fenton et al. 2014), basic psychological needs satisfaction and frustration (Chen et al. 2014), and students’ intention to continue physical activity in future (Chatzisarantis et al. 2003) scales. Pearson correlations and path analysis were used. Also, data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS. Findings showed that teachers’ autonomy-supportive behaviors directly affect students’ intention to persist (β = .20; p < .01). Also, teachers’ autonomy-supportive behaviors indirectly through basic need satisfaction affected students’ intention to persist. Controlling behaviors only affect basic needs frustration (β = .30; p < .01), but it did not affect students’ intention to persist. The self-determination theory tenets received support, in which when teachers support students’ needs, it results in students need satisfaction and in fact it affects students’ intention to continue physical activity in future. The implication of this study would be applicable for physical education teachers.
malek ahmadi; Behzad Behzadnia; Javad Amani Saribiglu
Volume 4, Issue 4 , May 2016, , Pages 85-96
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The aim of this study was to examine the six - factor factorial structure of the Behavioural Regulation in Sport Questionnaire in college sport. 503 student athletes (265 female and 238 male) who membered as Urmia college sport teams were selected by cluster random sampling. The exploratory factor analysis ...
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The aim of this study was to examine the six - factor factorial structure of the Behavioural Regulation in Sport Questionnaire in college sport. 503 student athletes (265 female and 238 male) who membered as Urmia college sport teams were selected by cluster random sampling. The exploratory factor analysis results determined 6-factor models for the structure of the BRSQ-6 with 70.29% of total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis showed acceptable goodness of fit indices for the data. Also, the significant positive relationship of autonomous dimensions and negative relationship of controlling dimensions of BRSQ-6 with task-oriented goal orientation and intention to sport continue, confirmed the concurrent validity. The items for all sub-scales have a high internal consistency above 0.80 of Cronbach's alpha. Overall, the findings suggest that BRSQ-6 is a valid and reliable measurement for assessing sport motivation regulations in college sport.
