Abstract
This
study examined the relationships of achievement goal orientations and
perceptions of the motivational climate in physical education classes
among Colombian students, and tested gender and age differences in goal
orientations and perceived motivational climate. Participants (1378 boys
and 1615 girls, ranging in age from 9 to 18 yr) completed the Task and
Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ), and the Learning and
Performance Orientations in Physical Education Classes Questionnaire
(LAPOPECQ). Bivariate and canonical correlation analysis identified
conceptually consistent relationships between goal orientations and
perceptions of motivational climate. Boys scored higher than girls in
ego orientation and in perceptions of performance orientation. Task and
ego goal orientations, and perceptions of learning or performance
orientations decreased with age. Data obtained indicate that the Spanish
versions of the TEOSQ and the LAPOPEQ could be useful instruments for
physical education teachers, helping them to identify achievement goal
orientation of their students and perceptions of the motivational
climate in their education classes.
Keywords
- Goal orientations; Perceived motivational climate; Physical education students; Gender; Age
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0742051X07001448
