Autonomy support in physical education promotes autonomous motivation towards leisure-time physical activity: Evidence from a sample of Chinese college students

Health Promotion International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2020, Pages E1-E10

  Abula, Kahar ^a   Beckmann, Jürgen ^a,b   He, Zhongkai ^c   Cheong, Chengwa ^d   Lu, Fuquan ^c   Gröpel, Peter ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Department of Physical Education ^*  (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autonomous motivation; Leisure time physical activity; Motivational transfer; Physical education; Trans contextual model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TEACHER; ADULT; EXERCISE; LEISURE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85077722833     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: 14602245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/day102     Document Type: Article

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