@misc{10498/23511,
year = {2020},
month = {7},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23511},
abstract = {Background: This article examines the differences in situational motivation toward fitness testing in physical education classes between non-overweight and overweight students, as well as the mediator effect of objective and perceived physical fitness on the relationship between weight status and motivation toward fitness testing. Methods: A total of 534 adolescents (298 boys, 55.80%) participated in the study. Perceived physical fitness and situational motivation toward fitness testing were measured through questionnaires, whereas weight status and physical fitness were objectively measured. Results: Overweight students had lower intrinsic motivation (p< 0.001), and higher external regulation (p< 0.01) and amotivation (p< 0.05) during fitness testing in a physical education class than their non-overweight peers. The influence of being overweight on motivation regulations toward fitness testing was mediated by objective physical fitness level for intrinsic motivation (B= -0.140), external regulation (B= 0.104) and amotivation (B= 0.146). Perceived physical fitness was also used as a second mediator between weight status and intrinsic motivation (B= -0.117). Conclusions: Strategies to improve objective and perceived physical fitness in overweight students are necessary to increase self-determined motivation during fitness testing in physical education lesson.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {obesity},
keywords = {cardiorespiratory fitness},
keywords = {muscular fitness},
keywords = {mediating role},
keywords = {school},
keywords = {self-determination theory},
title = {Associations betweenWeight Status and Situational Motivation toward Fitness Testing in Physical Education: The Mediator Role of Physical Fitness},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph17134821},
author = {Grao Cruces, Alberto and Racero García, Alejandro and Sánchez Oliva, David and Blanco Luengo, David and Nuviala Nuviala, Alberto and García Calvo, Tomás},
}