Sport education and extracurricular sport participation: an examination using the trans-contextual model of motivation

Res Q Exerc Sport. 2010 Dec;81(4):442-55. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599705.

Abstract

In this study, we used the trans-contextual model of motivation (TCM) to examine the effect of Sport Education (SE) on students' participation in a voluntary lunch recess sport club. A total of 192 participants (ages 9-14 years) completed measures of the TCM constructs before and after a 12-week SE intervention period. Participants had the opportunity to participate in weekly, voluntary lunch recess sport club sessions during the intervention period. SE elicited a moderate increase in autonomous motives in physical education. The TCM accounted for a significant proportion of the explained variance in lunch recess sport club intention and participation. Autonomy-supportive curricular models, such as SE, may have the potential to facilitate transfer of motivation and participation in physical activity from a physical education to an extracurricular context.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Motivation*
  • Peer Group
  • Personal Autonomy*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Social Support
  • Sports / physiology*
  • Students
  • Surveys and Questionnaires