The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between motivational climate, perceived competence, self-determined motivation towards physical education (PE) and the fundamental movement skills of Finnish secondary school students. A sample of 370 seventh-grade PE students (girls n = 189; boys n = 181; mean age = 13.08; SD = 0.25) completed measures pertaining to motivational climate...

We examined changes in student achievement goals, perceptions of motivational climate and affective responses in secondary school physical education. Greek junior high school students (N = 394; 191 males and 203 females) responded to a multi-section questionnaire twice a year from the ages of 12 -15 years. Multilevel modeling analyses showed significant linear decreases in perceptions of task-i...

The aim of the study was to analyse relationships established between different factors that make up coaches’ controlling interpersonal style and frustration basic psychological needs, as well identify differences may exist in terms gender training hours, whether latter trigger these variables adolescent judokas. A socio-demographic questionnaire, Controlling Coach Behaviors Scale (CCBS) (Barth...

Peer-to-peer tourism is one of the great global trends that transforming sector, introducing several changes in many aspects tourism, such as way travelling, staying or living experience destination. This research aims to determine relationship between sociodemographic characteristics tourists interested peer-to-peer accommodation and importance they give various motivational factors about this...

Adolescents, especially females, have been identified as a group at risk of poor health due to their declining level of physical activity. To prevent sporting attrition, several researchers highlighted the importance of the fit between the motivational context provided by the coach and the socio-emotional needs brought by adolescents. This study concerns the role of the coach’s taskand ego-invo...