Goal Orientations of Secondary School Students and Their Intention to Practise Physical Activity in Their Leisure Time: Mediation of Physical Education Importance and Satisfaction

Francisco Javier Pérez-Quero; Antonio Granero-Gallegos; Antonio Baena-Extremera; Raúl Baños

doi:10.3390/healthcare11040568

Goal Orientations of Secondary School Students and Their Intention to Practise Physical Activity in Their Leisure Time: Mediation of Physical Education Importance and Satisfaction

Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Feb 14;11(4):568. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11040568.

Authors

Francisco Javier Pérez-Quero¹, Antonio Granero-Gallegos^{1

2}, Antonio Baena-Extremera³, Raúl Baños^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Education, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain.
² Health Research Centre, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain.
³ Department of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
⁴ Department of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Campus de Teruel, 44003 Zaragoza, Spain.
⁵ Faculty of Sport, Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana 22390, Mexico.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyse the mediating role of Physical Education importance and satisfaction/fun between the dispositional goal orientations of secondary school students and their intention to partake in leisure time physical activity. The research design was descriptive, cross-sectional, and non-randomized. In total, 2102 secondary school students participated (M_age = 14.87; SD = 1.39) (1024 males; 1078 females). The scales used were the Perception of Success Questionnaire, Importance of Physical Education, Satisfaction with Physical Education, and Intention to Participate in Leisure Time Physical Activity. Structural equation models with the latent variables were also calculated. The results highlight that Physical Education satisfaction/fun has a mediating effect between task orientation and the intention to practice physical activity during leisure time.

Keywords: ego orientation; motivation; physical education; satisfaction; task orientation.

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.