Can Physical Education Contribute to Learning English? Structural Model from Self-Determination Theory

Antonio Baena-Extremera, Antonio Granero-Gallegos, Raúl Baños and María Del Mar Ortiz-Camacho
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Antonio Baena-Extremera: Department of Didactic of Corporal Expression, Faculty of Education Sciences, Granada 18071, Spain
Antonio Granero-Gallegos: Department of Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, Almería 04120, Spain
Raúl Baños: Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Autonomous University of Baja California, 21289 Mexicali, Mexico
María Del Mar Ortiz-Camacho: Department of Didactic of Corporal Expression, Faculty of Education Sciences, Granada 18071, Spain

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-11

Abstract: Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze a model of prediction of satisfaction with bilingual physical education from basic psychological needs and motivation. Methods: The sample consisted of 758 students (347 men and 411 women) in secondary education in Spain, aged between 13 years and 18 years (M = 15.22, SD = 1.27). Questionnaires of the Scale of Psychological Basic Needs, Perceived Locus of Causality, and the bilingual Scale Satisfaction Instrument (SSI-PE), all adapted to physical education were used in the exercise. Results: Descriptive analyses, correlation and structural equation models were performed. Intrinsic motivation showed a high and positive relationship with identity regulation and satisfaction/fun, and boredom negatively correlated with all scales except amotivation. Conclusion: The equations in this model prove that autonomy is the best predictor of intrinsic motivation, and that this is the best predictor of satisfaction in bilingual physical education.

Keywords: physical education; motivation; structural equations; satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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