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Improving Motivation for Physical Activity and Physical Education through a School-Based Intervention
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Sevil-Serrano, Javier; Aibar, Alberto; Abós, Ángel; Generelo, Eduardo; García-González, Luis – Journal of Experimental Education, 2022
The aim was to examine the effects of a multicomponent school-based intervention on psychological correlates of physical activity (PA) in physical education (PE) and leisure-time PA settings. Two hundred and ten students (M = 13.06 ± 0.61) were assigned either to a control or an experimental school. Curricular and extracurricular PA actions were…
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, Physical Activities, Physical Education, Intervention
Influence of Internal and External Controlling Teaching Behaviors on Students' Motivational Outcomes in Physical Education: Is There a Gender Difference?
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Abós, Ángel; Burgueño, Rafael; García-González, Luis; Sevil-Serrano, Javier – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2022
Purpose: Grounded in self-determination theory, this study examined gender latent mean differences in students' perceptions of externally and internally controlling teaching behaviors, basic psychological need frustration, controlled motivation, amotivation, and oppositional defiance in the physical education context. Moreover, it analyzed the…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Student Motivation, Outcomes of Education, Physical Education
Improving Teachers' Work-Related Outcomes through a Group-Based Physical Activity Intervention during Leisure-Time
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Abós, Ángel; Sevil-Serrano, Javier; Julián-Clemente, José Antonio; Generelo, Eduardo; García-González, Luis – Journal of Experimental Education, 2021
Grounded in self-determination theory, this study examines the effects of a leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) intervention with work colleagues on work-related outcomes of relatedness satisfaction, engagement factors, satisfaction, and burnout subtypes. Fifty-seven teachers (M[subscript age] = 46.81 ± 7.90), from two secondary schools…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Physical Activities, Health Behavior, Leisure Time
Spanish Validation of the Basic Psychological Needs at Work Scale: A Measure to Predict Teachers' Well-Being in the Workplace
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Abós Catalán, Ángel; Sevil Serrano, Javier; Julián Clemente, José Antonio; Martín-Albo Lucas, José; García-González, Luis – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2018
The present study aimed to validate a Spanish-version of the Basic Psychological Needs at Work Scale (BPNWS-Sp) and to examine the associations between needs satisfaction and engagement and burnout in secondary education teachers. Using a sample of 584 secondary education teachers, the results supported the three-factor model, composite…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Teacher Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Behavior Rating Scales
The Role of Task and Ego-Oriented Climate in Explaining Students' Bright and Dark Motivational Experiences in Physical Education
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García-González, Luis; Sevil-Serrano, Javier; Abós, Angel; Aelterman, Nathalie; Haerens, Leen – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2019
Background: A distinction is made in Achievement Goal Theory (AGT) between task-oriented (i.e. effort, intra-individual progress, and self-comparison) and ego-oriented (i.e. inter-individual progress and normative comparison) climates. Combining insights from AGT and Self-Determination Theory (SDT), studies in the PE context have shown that a…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Self Concept, Psychological Needs, Self Determination
Improving Students' Predisposition towards Physical Education by Optimizing Their Motivational Processes in an Acrosport Unit
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Abós, Ángel; Sevil, Javier; Julián, José Antonio; Abarca-Sos, Alberto; García-González, Luis – European Physical Education Review, 2017
Grounded in self-determination theory and achievement goal theory, this quasi-experimental study evaluated the effectiveness of a teaching intervention programme to improve predisposition towards physical education based on developing a task-oriented motivational climate and supporting basic psychological needs. The final sample consisted of 35…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Self Determination, Quasiexperimental Design, Foreign Countries
Gender and Corporal Expression Activity in Physical Education: Effect of an Intervention on Students' Motivational Processes
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Sevil, Javier; Abós, Ángel; Aibar, Alberto; Julián, José Antonio; García-González, Luis – European Physical Education Review, 2016
Grounded in Self-Determination Theory and Achievement Goal Theory, the objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an intervention programme on a series of motivational variables in a corporal expression teaching unit. An analysis was also conducted in terms of whether the impact of the intervention would be effective in boys and…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Gender Differences, Intervention, Experimental Groups