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