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Article: Students' Perceptions of the Motivational Climate, Achievement Beliefs, and Satisfaction in Physical Education.
- Article from:
- Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
- Author:
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The present study examined the relationship between students' perceptions of the motivational climate and beliefs about the causes of success, preference for challenging tasks, and satisfaction in physical education. Responses of 50 female and 46 male students (M age = 12.08 years; SD =. 72) showed that perceptions of a mastery-oriented motivational climate were related to the belief that motivation or effort caused success and satisfaction. In contrast, perceptions of a performance climate were related to the belief that deception caused success and related negatively to the students' preference for challenging tasks. Results of hierarchical regression analyses revealed ...