%0 Journal Article
%T Effectiveness of a creative physical education intervention on elementary school students¡¯ leisure
%A John Quay
%A Juha Kokkonen
%A Marja Kokkonen
%A Sami Yli-Piipari
%J European Physical Education Review
%@ 1741-2749
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1356336X18775009
%X This study investigated the effectiveness of a creative physical education (CPE) intervention on students¡¯ perceptions of motivational climate in physical education (PE), leisure-time physical activity (PA) motivation, and overall PA. A sample of 382 fourth to sixth grade students (Mage = 10.87[.93]) from two elementary schools were assigned to the CPE intervention (n = 196; Mage = 10.84[.95]) and control ¡®PE-as-usual¡¯ (n = 186; Mage = 10.90[.90]) groups. Students¡¯ perceived task- and ego-supportive climate in PE, leisure-time PA motivation, and overall PA were measured before and after the one-year intervention. Analyses of covariance and path analyses were implemented to test the effectiveness of the intervention. The intervention had a positive effect on students¡¯ perceptions of task-supportive climate in PE (p < .001) and a negative effect on ego-supportive climate (p < .001). Students¡¯ perceptions of task-supportive climate had a positive effect on their leisure-time PA motivation (p < .001), which, in turn, had a positive effect on their overall PA (p < .001). The results suggest that CPE-based PE may increase students¡¯ perceptions of task-supportive climate in PE, which predicts their later leisure-time PA motivation outside the school context and overall PA
%K Child-centered approach
%K motivational climate
%K school physical education
%K model-based practice
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1356336X18775009