RT journal article
T1 Associations betweenWeight Status and Situational Motivation toward Fitness Testing in Physical Education: The Mediator Role of Physical Fitness
A1 Grao Cruces, Alberto
A1 Racero García, Alejandro
A1 Sánchez Oliva, David
A1 Blanco Luengo, David
A1 Nuviala Nuviala, Alberto
A1 García Calvo, Tomás
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 obesity
K1 cardiorespiratory fitness
K1 muscular fitness
K1 mediating role
K1 school
K1 self-determination theory
AB 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.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2020
FD 2020-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23511
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23511
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026