ERIC Number: EJ1247583
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
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Effect of a TARGET-Based Intervention on Students' Motivational Change: A Study throughout an Academic Year in Physical Education
Cecchini, José-Antonio; Méndez-Giménez, Antonio; Sánchez-Martínez, Beatriz
Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, v39 n2 p186-195 Apr 2020
The objective of the study was to analyze changes in motivation in physical education students during a school year, as well as changes in their intentions to be physically active. The participants were 830 Spanish physical education students (M[subscript age] = 13.86, range = 11-17 years) attending 10 secondary schools in northern Spain. The sample was divided into two groups: TARGET condition (n = 417), in which Epstein's TARGET strategies were applied, and non-TARGET condition (n = 413). Questionnaires were administered at three different times during the school year: T1 (September), T2 (February), and T3 (June). Mixed-model linear procedures with maximum likelihood estimates were carried out. In the TARGET condition group, the results showed an increase in students' intrinsic motivation, identified regulation and introjected regulation, whereas external regulation and amotivation gradually decreased. In the non-TARGET condition group, a decrease in students' intrinsic motivation and identified regulation emerged, as well as an increase in external regulation and amotivation.
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Student Motivation, Physical Education, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Pretests Posttests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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