Perceived Novelty Support and Psychological Needs Satisfaction in Physical Education

Sebastián Fierro-Suero, Bartolomé J. Almagro, Pedro Sáenz-López and José Carmona-Márquez
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Sebastián Fierro-Suero: Psychology and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Education, Universidad de Huelva, Avda. Tres de marzo s/n, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Bartolomé J. Almagro: Psychology and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Education, Universidad de Huelva, Avda. Tres de marzo s/n, 21071 Huelva, Spain
Pedro Sáenz-López: Psychology and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Education, Universidad de Huelva, Avda. Tres de marzo s/n, 21071 Huelva, Spain
José Carmona-Márquez: Psychology and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Education, Universidad de Huelva, Avda. Tres de marzo s/n, 21071 Huelva, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: In recent years, novelty has been proposed as a potential fourth basic psychological need. In the present study, the behavior of novelty resulting from support from the Physical Education teacher was evaluated in 723 students with an average age of 13.30 years old. The first objective was to validate the Support for Basic Psychological Needs-4 (SBPN-4) in Physical Education questionnaire, which included support for the novelty factor. The second objective was to test the mediation model in order to confirm the effect of support for novelty in relation to basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation. The results obtained show that the Support for Basic Psychological Needs-4 (SBPN-4) questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool. On the other hand, support for novelty predicts satisfaction of basic psychological needs, particularly novelty satisfaction, which in turn predicts intrinsic motivation. These results show how the students are capable of perceiving the teacher’s support for novelty and how this positively influences their intrinsic motivation. Further investigations are required to continue developing our knowledge of the role of novelty as a basic psychological need.

Keywords: self-determination; secondary education; motivation; novelty support; social factors; validation; psychometric properties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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