Understanding Adolescents’ Need Support, Need Satisfaction, and Health-Related Outcomes: A Self-Determination Health Behavior Perspective

Changzhou Chen, Tao Zhang, Xiangli Gu, Joonyoung Lee, Sutang Ren and Hongying Wang
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Changzhou Chen: School of Physical Education and Training, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China
Tao Zhang: Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76262, USA
Xiangli Gu: Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
Joonyoung Lee: Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76262, USA
Sutang Ren: Putuo Education College, Shanghai 20061, China
Hongying Wang: School of Leisure Sport, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: School physical education (PE) as an important social context can promote adolescents’ physical health and contributes to their mental health. Guided by the self-determination health behavior model, the study aimed to examine a structural mediation model to investigate the relationships among perceived need support from PE teachers, psychological need satisfaction, and adolescents’ health-related outcomes. Participants were 300 adolescents (M age = 14.48; 50.3% girls) recruited from five middle schools in Shanghai, China. They completed previously validated questionnaires assessing their perceived need support from PE teachers, psychological need satisfaction, leisure time physical activity (LTPA), and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The hypothesized model demonstrated a good fit (χ 2 /df = 3.4, p < 0.01; Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.09; Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR) = 0.06; Bentler–Bonett Nonnormed Fit Index (NFI)= 0.92; Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 0.94; 90% Confidence Interval (CI) [0.07, 0.11]). The findings indicated that three basic psychological needs can be satisfied by perceived need support from PE teachers, and psychological need satisfaction was positively associated with health-related outcomes such as LTPA and HRQOL. In addition, psychological need satisfaction mediated the relationship between perceived need support from PE teachers and health-related outcomes such as LTPA and HRQOL in the present study. The findings supported the theoretical tenets of the self-determination health behavior model and its generalizability among Chinese adolescent students.

Keywords: self-determination theory; basic psychological needs; physical activity; health-related quality of life; adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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