Perceived motivational climate, sportsmanship, and students' attitudes toward physical education classes and teachers.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relations among students' perceptions of motivational climate, sportsmanship attitudes, and attitudes toward content and teachers in physical education. 910 secondary school students ages 13 to 16 years (M=14.3, SD=1.1) completed Spanish translations of L'Echelle de Perception du Climat Motivational by Biddle, et al., the Multidimensional Sportspersonship Orientations Scale by Vallerand, et al., and the Student Attitudes toward Teacher and Program in Physical Education by Luke and Cope. Structural equation modeling showed that perceived mastery climate is a predictor of students' attitudes toward teacher and content and positive sportsmanship attitudes. In contrast, perceived performance climate was not a predictor or mainly predicted negatively the students' attitudes toward the physical education teacher, content, and sportsmanship attitudes. These findings are discussed with regard to the implications for physical educators.

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Author/s: Gutiérrez, Melchor (M); Ruiz, Luis Miguel (LM);

Affiliation: Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, University of Valencia, Spain. Melchor.Gutierrez(-atsign-)uv.es

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Perceptual and motor skills (Percept Mot Skills), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Feb; vol 108 (issue 1) : pp 308-26

Dates: Created 2009/05/11; Completed 2009/06/10;

PMID: 19425471, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 6/10/2009, IMS Date: 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00)

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