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Relations between Trait Personality, Goal Orientation, and Adaptive Outcomes in High School Physical Education
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Lodewyk, Ken R. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2019
Purpose: Personality traits such as honesty-humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience (HEXACO) have been linked to numerous adaptive outcomes in academic, sport, and physical activity settings; yet little if any such research has been conducted with physical education (PE) students. The aim…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Physical Education, High School Students, Grade 9
College Students' Achievement Goal Orientation and Motivational Regulations in Physical Activity Classes: A Test of Gender Invariance
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Su, Xiaoxia; McBride, Ron E.; Xiang, Ping – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2015
The current study examined the measurement invariance across 361 male and female college students' 2 × 2 achievement goal orientation and motivational regulations. Participants completed questionnaires assessing their achievement goals and motivational regulations. Multigroup CFA analyses showed that male and female students' scores were fully…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis
Self-Regulated Learning and Perceived Health among Students Participating in University Physical Activity Classes
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McBride, Ron E.; Xiang, Ping – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2013
Three hundred and sixty-one students participating in university physical activity classes completed questionnaires assessing perceived health and self-regulated learning. In addition, 20 students (11 men; 9 women) were interviewed about their reasons for enrolling, participation and goals in the class. Results indicated the students endorsed…
Descriptors: College Students, Questionnaires, Physical Activities, Interviews
College Students' Goal Orientations, Situational Motivation and Effort/Persistence in Physical Activity Classes
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Gao, Zan; Podlog, Leslie W.; Harrison, Louis – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among college students' 2 x 2 goal orientations (mastery-approach [MAp], mastery-avoidance [MAv], performance-approach [PAp], performance-avoidance [PAv]), situational motivation (intrinsic motivation, identified regulation, external regulation and amotivation) and effort/persistence in…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, College Students, Academic Persistence, Learner Engagement
Dispositional Flow in Physical Education: Relationships with Motivational Climate, Social Goals, and Perceived Competence
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Gonzalez-Cutre, David; Sicilia, Alvaro; Moreno, Juan Antonio; Fernandez-Balboa, Juan Miguel – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to analyze the mediating effects of social goals and perceived competence on students' perceptions of motivational climates and dispositional flow in physical education. At the beginning of the physical education unit, 779 students, 12 to 16 years old, were asked to complete four questionnaires: Perceived Motivational…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Measures (Individuals), Student Motivation, Educational Environment
Achievement Goals and Their Relations to Self-Reported Persistence/Effort in Secondary Physical Education: A Trichotomous Achievement Goal Framework
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Agbuga, Bulent; Xiang, Ping – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2008
Guided by the trichotomous achievement goal framework, the current study examined mastery, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals and their relations to self-reported persistence/effort among Turkish students in secondary physical education. Two hundred twenty-nine students in grades 8 and 11 completed questionnaires assessing their…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Persistence, Achievement Need, Questionnaires