Assessment of the basic psychological needs in physical education according to age, gender and educational stage

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Assessment of the basic psychological needs in physical education according to age, gender and educational stageAuthor(s)
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Navarro Patón, R., Lago Ballesteros, J., Basanta Camiño, S., & Arufe Giráldez, V. (2018). Assessment of the basic psychological needs in physical education according to age, gender and educational stage. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise: JHSE, 13(3), 710-719. https://doi.org/10.14198/JHSE.2018.133.20
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[Abstract]: The aim of this study was to determine what happens to the basic psychological needs during elementary
school, analysing these according to age, gender and educational stage. A total of 743 students from Primary
(n = 311) and Secondary (n = 432), 333 children and 410 girls participated; Mage = 12.99, SD = 2.07.
Statistically significant differences were found in the age factor in autonomy (p = .043), perceived competence
(p <.001) and relation with others (p <.001). Results show a decrease in the AUT COMP and the RELAT in
the passage from primary to secondary, as these variables are higher in boys than in girls. Based on these
results, a reflection on the teaching practice and methodology used in these stages of PE should be made,
because children have different needs and perceptions of being competent, of being autonomous and of
relating to the in PE classes. Therefore, we must consider the approach of activities that do not promote
excess competition, providing activities with different difficulties and different opportunities to choose the
activities to be carried out, aimed at the development of these three basic psychological needs of students
so that the perception of autonomy, competence and relationship, are increased.
Keywords
Autonomy
Perceived competence
Relationship with others
Physical education
Schoolchildren
Perceived competence
Relationship with others
Physical education
Schoolchildren
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1988-5202