Extracurricular physical activities and academic achievement in Saudi female physical education students: the mediating effect of motivation, enjoyment, and BMI
Frontiers in Psychology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16
Published: March 26, 2025
Background
Consistent
with
the
self-determination
theory
and
trans-contextual
model
of
autonomous
motivation
in
education,
present
investigation
aimed
to
analyze
relationship
between
extracurricular
physical
activity
(ECPA)
academic
achievement
(AA),
mediating
effects
enjoyment,
motivation,
BMI
among
Saudi
female
education
(PE)
students.
Materials
methods
The
study
followed
as
a
descriptive
cross-sectional
design
where
sample
471
PE
students
completed
self-administered
questionnaire
involving
questions
about
their
sociodemographic
background,
practice,
school
performance,
enjoyment
questionnaires.
Responses
were
collected
December
2022
January
2023.
Path
analyses
chosen
statistical
method
understand
associations
variables.
Results
theory-based
showed
an
acceptable
fit
data:
(i)
Standardized
Root
Mean
Square
Residual,
SRMR
=
0.084;
(ii)
comparative
index,
CFI
0.952;
(iii)
Non-normed
Fit
Index,
NNFI
0.956;
(iv)
root
mean
square
error
approximation,
RMSEA
0.051
(with
CI
90%:
0.048-0.072).
Analysis
revealed
no
significant
direct
effect
ECPA
on
AA
(
ß
0.052,
p
>
0.05),
indirect
intrinsic
accounted
for
20.04%
total
(22.9%).
Conclusion
mediate
findings
carry
implications
teachers,
principals
program
makers
encouraging
ECPA,
supporting
body
image
perception
Language: Английский
Enhancing institutional integration and enjoyment among Saudi female physical education students: exploring the mediation of motivation and psychological needs satisfaction
M. Frikha,
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Nesrine Chaâri,
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Nourhen Mezghanni
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et al.
Frontiers in Education,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
9
Published: July 26, 2024
Institutional
integration
and
enjoyment
in
physical
education
(PE)
represent
catalysts
for
greater
students’
social
cohesion
academic
performance.
This
cross-sectional
study
addressed
the
lack
of
data
examined
mediating
effect
basic
psychological
needs
satisfaction
(PNS)
motivation
on
association
between
activity
(PAE)
institutional
(SII)
Saudi
female
PE
students.
Participants
(
N
=
507)
were
invited
to
complete
autonomy
relatedness
competence
scale,
questionnaire.
The
direct
indirect
effects
explored
using
SPSS
Hayes
process
macro
(Model
4).
results
indicate
that
autonomy,
extrinsic
partially
mediate
relationship
PAE
SII
Therefore,
had
a
16.2%
an
25.3%
through
mediation
relatedness,
motivation.
processes
promote
development
are
PAE,
but
not
intrinsic
nor
competence.
discussed
within
self-determination
theory
can
be
used
by
benefic
students,
teachers,
administrators
or
program
makers
support
perception
Language: Английский
Apoyo a la autonomía en educación superior con énfasis en ciencias de cultura física
Deleted Journal,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
3(9), P. 88 - 107
Published: Aug. 22, 2024
El
objetivo
de
este
trabajo
fue
analizar
hallazgos
más
importantes
y
características
instrumentos
usados
para
medir
apoyo
a
la
autonomía
en
estudiantes
educación
superior
general,
resaltando
lo
realizado
el
área
ciencias
cultura
física,
reportados
recientemente
literatura.
Bases
datos
utilizadas
fueron:
Scielo,
EBSCO,
Google
Académico,
Dialnet,
Worldwide
Science
SCOPUS.
Solo
20
trabajos
cumplieron
con
los
indicadores
CASPE.
Todos
estudios
utilizaron
enfoques
cuantitativos,
sobresaliendo
diseño
correlacional,
tendencia
unánime
hacia
uso
escalas
tipo
Likert.
Un
hallazgo
importante
que,
mayor
precepción
sus
docentes,
es
su
autoeficacia
compromiso
académico,
facilitando
aprendizaje.
Why Do People with High Mindfulness Experience Greater Eudaimonic Well-Being? Integrating Self-Determination Theory and the Mindfulness Reperceiving Model
He Qi,
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Xiaoming Liu,
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Fan Jiang
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et al.
The Journal of Psychology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 19
Published: Dec. 6, 2024
Although
previous
studies
have
found
that
mindfulness
positively
predicts
eudaimonic
well-being,
the
underlying
mechanism
remains
to
be
explored
and
verified
from
a
theoretical
perspective.
By
integrating
self-determination
theory
reperceiving
model,
this
study
mediating
roles
of
decentering,
intrinsic
goals,
autonomous
motivation
in
relationship
between
well-being
among
497
undergraduate
students
aged
17
30
(359
females
138
males).
Structural
equation
modeling
analyses
showed
mediated
well-being.
Moreover,
was
linked
through
sequential
pathways
"decentering
→
goals"
motivation."
These
findings
deepen
our
insights
into
how
is
self-regulation
perspective
provide
reference
for
targeted
application
training
enhance
Language: Английский