Citation

Manzano-Sánchez D, Valero-Valenzuela A, Conde-Sánchez A, Chen MY. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019; 16(13): e16132326.

Affiliation

Department of Sports Information and Communication, University of Aletheia, New Taipei City, Taiwan. mingychen@hotmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

DOI

10.3390/ijerph16132326

PMID

31266245

Abstract

The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of a program based on the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) on the variables of responsibility, basic psychology needs, motivation, satisfaction with life and the intention to be physically active, as well as the differences of gender. The participants were 85 students (experimental group n = 35, 17 girls and control group n = 50, 28 girls). The students of the experimental group received the TPSR for 8 months within the physical education subject. The findings indicated an improvement in the experimental group in terms of personal responsibility and in the case of female students, in basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation. In conclusion, the TPSR program can be integrated into the physical education curriculum in order to improve the personal responsibility of students and fulfill their motivation and satisfaction of basic psychological needs.

Language: en

Keywords

personal autonomy, physical education, gender, social responsibility