This study examined the effect of a mastery motivational climate on vocational students’ physical activity enjoyment levels. Participants were 84 ninth graders (boys=53 and girls=31) aged 14 to 16 years from eight different school districts, who attended a vocational-technical school in New England. Surveys were used pre- and post-mastery climate exposure to assess students’ prior physical education experiences, perceptions of motivational climates, and levels of physical activity enjoyment. Results indicated that the sample of vocational students perceived a higher level of mastery motivational climate at the New England vocational- technical school with a higher level of physical activity enjoyment than at previous middle school districts. Increasing physical activity enjoyment levels for potential trade workers may have a positive impact on the prevention of future rates of obesity and the negative health implications that often accompany it. The current results add to the research on motivational climates and students’ physical activity enjoyment levels by expanding the findings to explicitly vocational high schools.
","abstract_html":"<p>This study examined the effect of a mastery motivational climate on vocational students’ physical activity enjoyment levels. Participants were 84 ninth graders (boys=53 and girls=31) aged 14 to 16 years from eight different school districts, who attended a vocational-technical school in New England. Surveys were used pre- and post-mastery climate exposure to assess students’ prior physical education experiences, perceptions of motivational climates, and levels of physical activity enjoyment. Results indicated that the sample of vocational students perceived a higher level of mastery motivational climate at the New England vocational- technical school with a higher level of physical activity enjoyment than at previous middle school districts. Increasing physical activity enjoyment levels for potential trade workers may have a positive impact on the prevention of future rates of obesity and the negative health implications that often accompany it. The current results add to the research on motivational climates and students’ physical activity enjoyment levels by expanding the findings to explicitly vocational high schools.</p>","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Hohengasser, Laura C."],"institution":null,"degree_name":"Master of Science","degree_level":"Thesis","degree_discipline":"Physical Education","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Pamela Russell (Committee Chair)
Karen Richardson
Deborah Sheehy
"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2014,"date_issued":"2014-05-01T07:00:00Z","date_published":"2014-05-01T07:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:22:00Z","subjects":["Curriculum and Instruction","Other Education","physical education"],"languages":[],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://vc.bridgew.edu/theses/7","outbound_label":"Repository record","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Pamela Russell (Committee Chair)
Karen Richardson
Deborah Sheehy
"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Hohengasser, Laura C."]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2014-10-23T07:00:00Z"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Physical Education"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Science"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Curriculum and Instruction","Other Education","physical education"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://vc.bridgew.edu/theses/7"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["This study examined the effect of a mastery motivational climate on vocational students’ physical activity enjoyment levels. Participants were 84 ninth graders (boys=53 and girls=31) aged 14 to 16 years from eight different school districts, who attended a vocational-technical school in New England. Surveys were used pre- and post-mastery climate exposure to assess students’ prior physical education experiences, perceptions of motivational climates, and levels of physical activity enjoyment. Results indicated that the sample of vocational students perceived a higher level of mastery motivational climate at the New England vocational- technical school with a higher level of physical activity enjoyment than at previous middle school districts. Increasing physical activity enjoyment levels for potential trade workers may have a positive impact on the prevention of future rates of obesity and the negative health implications that often accompany it. The current results add to the research on motivational climates and students’ physical activity enjoyment levels by expanding the findings to explicitly vocational high schools.
"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Mastery Motivational Climate: The Key to Vocational Students' Enjoyment of Physical Activity"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Pamela Russell (Committee Chair)
Karen Richardson
Deborah Sheehy
"],"dc:creator":["Hohengasser, Laura C."],"dc:date.available":["2014-10-23T07:00:00Z"],"dc:description.abstract":["This study examined the effect of a mastery motivational climate on vocational students’ physical activity enjoyment levels. Participants were 84 ninth graders (boys=53 and girls=31) aged 14 to 16 years from eight different school districts, who attended a vocational-technical school in New England. Surveys were used pre- and post-mastery climate exposure to assess students’ prior physical education experiences, perceptions of motivational climates, and levels of physical activity enjoyment. Results indicated that the sample of vocational students perceived a higher level of mastery motivational climate at the New England vocational- technical school with a higher level of physical activity enjoyment than at previous middle school districts. Increasing physical activity enjoyment levels for potential trade workers may have a positive impact on the prevention of future rates of obesity and the negative health implications that often accompany it. The current results add to the research on motivational climates and students’ physical activity enjoyment levels by expanding the findings to explicitly vocational high schools.
"],"dc:identifier":["https://vc.bridgew.edu/theses/7"],"dc:subject":["Curriculum and Instruction","Other Education","physical education"],"dc:title":["Mastery Motivational Climate: The Key to Vocational Students' Enjoyment of Physical Activity"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Physical Education"],"thesis:degree_level":["Thesis"],"thesis:degree_name":["Master of Science"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:22:00Z"}