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ERIC Number: EJ1221199
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Aug
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1356-336X
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Effectiveness of a Creative Physical Education Intervention on Elementary School Students' Leisure-Time Physical Activity Motivation and Overall Physical Activity in Finland
Kokkonen, Juha; Yli-Piipari, Sami; Kokkonen, Marja; Quay, John
European Physical Education Review, v25 n3 p796-815 Aug 2019
This study investigated the effectiveness of a creative physical education (CPE) intervention on students' perceptions of motivational climate in physical education (PE), leisure-time physical activity (PA) motivation, and overall PA. A sample of 382 fourth to sixth grade students (M[subscript age] = 10.87[0.93]) from two elementary schools were assigned to the CPE intervention (n = 196; M[subscript age] = 10.84[0.95]) and control 'PE-as-usual' (n = 186; M[subscript age] = 10.90[0.90]) groups. Students' perceived task- and ego-supportive climate in PE, leisure-time PA motivation, and overall PA were measured before and after the one-year intervention. Analyses of covariance and path analyses were implemented to test the effectiveness of the intervention. The intervention had a positive effect on students' perceptions of task-supportive climate in PE (p < 0.001) and a negative effect on ego-supportive climate (p < 0.001). Students' perceptions of task-supportive climate had a positive effect on their leisure-time PA motivation (p < 0.001), which, in turn, had a positive effect on their overall PA (p < 0.001). The results suggest that CPE-based PE may increase students' perceptions of task-supportive climate in PE, which predicts their later leisure-time PA motivation outside the school context and overall PA.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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