Mastery Motivational Climate: The Key to Vocational Students' Enjoyment of Physical Activity

<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>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physical Education

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Hohengasser, Laura C.

Contributors dc:contributor

• <p>Pamela Russell (Committee Chair)</p> <p>Karen Richardson</p> <p>Deborah Sheehy</p>

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Other Education
• physical education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://vc.bridgew.edu/theses/7

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vc.bridgew.edu:theses-1006