Physical Activity Programs in Shanxi Province Schools in China: Effects of In-School and After-School Delivery on Students’ Motivational and Social Outcomes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Sociodemographic Characteristics of Participants
2.2. Physical Activity Programs
2.3. Procedures for Data Collecting
2.4. Measures
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Preliminary Analyses
3.2. Main Analyses
4. Discussion
Limitations and Considerations for Future Research
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
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1. Learning context | |||||||||||
2. Teacher autonomy support | 0.06 | 0.69 | |||||||||
3. Teacher involvement | 0.08 | 0.61 * | 0.81 | ||||||||
4. Teacher structure | −0.03 | 0.72 * | 0.67 * | 0.78 | |||||||
5. Autonomy | 0.17 * | 0.61 * | 0.48 * | 0.49 * | 0.81 | ||||||
6. Competence | 0.09 | 0.39 * | 0.49 * | 0.43 * | 0.59 * | 0.78 | |||||
7. Relatedness | −0.07 | 0.37 * | 0.47 * | 0.45 * | 0.51 * | 0.51 * | 0.90 | ||||
8. Intrinsic motivation | 0.13 | 0.45 * | 0.41 * | 0.39 * | 0.52 * | 0.63 * | 0.56 * | 0.79 | |||
9. Identified regulation | −0.06 | 0.51 * | 0.40 * | 0.45 * | 0.51 * | 0.47 * | 0.49 * | 0.69 * | 0.81 | ||
10. Introjected regulation | −0.23 * | −0.06 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.17 * | 0.09 | 0.31 * | 0.41 * | 0.82 | |
11. External regulation | −0.25 * | −0.28 * | −0.15 | −0.19 * | −0.17 * | −0.07 | −0.06 | −0.06 | 0.17 * | 0.69 * | 0.80 |
In-School Mean | 3.23 | 3.19 | 3.25 | 4.88 | 4.71 | 4.86 | 2.79 | 2.91 | 1.99 | 2.31 | |
In-School Standard Deviation | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.61 | 0.98 | 1.12 | 1.09 | 0.88 | 0.71 | 0.43 | 0.63 | |
After-School Mean | 3.27 | 3.27 | 3.29 | 4.79 | 4.91 | 4.89 | 4.11 | 3.29 | 1.83 | 3.11 | |
After-School Standard Deviation | 0.55 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.81 | 0.87 | 0.93 | 0.86 | 0.69 | 0.57 | 0.86 |
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He, J.; Yu, H.; Jiang, M.; Szumilewicz, A. Physical Activity Programs in Shanxi Province Schools in China: Effects of In-School and After-School Delivery on Students’ Motivational and Social Outcomes. Sustainability 2023, 15, 8080. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108080
He J, Yu H, Jiang M, Szumilewicz A. Physical Activity Programs in Shanxi Province Schools in China: Effects of In-School and After-School Delivery on Students’ Motivational and Social Outcomes. Sustainability. 2023; 15(10):8080. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108080
Chicago/Turabian StyleHe, Juan, Hongli Yu, Man Jiang, and Anna Szumilewicz. 2023. "Physical Activity Programs in Shanxi Province Schools in China: Effects of In-School and After-School Delivery on Students’ Motivational and Social Outcomes" Sustainability 15, no. 10: 8080. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108080