Effectiveness of a creative physical education intervention on elementary school students’ leisure-time physical activity motivation and overall physical activity in Finland

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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

Juha Kokkonen Sami Yli-piipari John Quay Marja Kokkonen

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media_common.quotation_subject lapsilähtöisyys Leisure time Physical activity Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Education Developmental psychology Physical education 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Intervention (counseling)Perception motivaatioilmasto school physical education Intrinsic motivation Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Curriculum media_common motivaatio 05 social sciences 050301 education 030229 sport sciences Physical activity level liikuntakasvatus child-centered approach model-based practice Psychology 0503 education vapaa-aika

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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 ( Mage= 10.87[.93]) from two elementary schools were assigned to the CPE intervention ( n = 196; Mage= 10.84[.95]) and control ‘PE-as-usual’ ( n = 186; Mage= 10.90[.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 < .001) and a negative effect on ego-supportive climate ( p < .001). Students’ perceptions of task-supportive climate had a positive effect on their leisure-time PA motivation ( p < .001), which, in turn, had a positive effect on their overall PA ( p < .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.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2018-05-20	European Physical Education Review

https://doi.org/10.1177/1356336x18775009