Integrating Human Values Theory and Self-Determination Theory: Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ Sustained Sport Participation

Chih-Wei Lin, You-Jie Huang, Kai-Hsiu Chen and Ming-Kuo Chen ()
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Chih-Wei Lin: Department of Business Administration, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, Taiwan
You-Jie Huang: Department of Leisure Service Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, Taiwan
Kai-Hsiu Chen: Department of Leisure Service Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, Taiwan
Ming-Kuo Chen: Department of Insurance and Finance Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, Taiwan

Societies, 2025, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: Purposes: This study aims to construct a research framework integrating the theory of human values and Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to examine whether parents’ sport values influence their support for children’s continued participation in balance bike activities in terms of the mediation of participation motivation. Methods: Data were collected from 439 parents whose children participated in balance bike activities using a snowball sampling method. Descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling (SEM) were employed to analyze the relationships among parents’ sport values, participation motivation, and continued participation intention. Results: The findings revealed that parents’ sport values significantly predicted participation motivation, which, in turn, remarkably influenced continued participation intention. Participation motivation fully mediated the relationship between sport values and continued participation intention, supporting SDT’s assumption of motivational internalization and highlighting the crucial role of intrinsic motivation.

Keywords: parents’ sport values; participation motivation; continued participation intention; balance bike (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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