Table 1. Theoretical contents of the dimensions of motivational climate.

Dimension	Contents of the dimensions
Task-involving climate	trying one’s best, mistakes are seen as part of the learning process, learning new things, progress in one’s own skills (1, 2, 4)
Ego-involving climate	competing in relation to others, comparison in relation to others, showing superiority in relation to others, importance of succeeding more than others, normative comparison (1, 2, 3, 4)
Autonomy support	freedom to make choices, possibility to make choices, possibility to affect the way PE lessons are run, possibility to affect common issues (5)
Social relatedness support	working together as a team, cohesion during classes, pulling together, class is united when practicing (6)

1) Ames and Archer (1989), 2) Epstein (1988), 3) Papaioannou (), 4) Newton and Duda (), 5) Deci and Ryan (), 6) Deci and Ryan ().