ACHIEVEMENT GOALS AND INTENSIVITY OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING FREE PLAY IN CHILDREN: THE MODERATING ROLE OF PERCEIVED SPORT CONFIDENCE

Pedagogics, Psychology, Medical-Biological Problems of Physical Training and Sports

R. Lochbaum Marc¹  Kazak Cetinkalp Zisan²  T. Okafor Emeka³  C. Brenner David³ 

[1] Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management Texas Tech University;Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching Ege University;Graduate College Texas Tech University;

关键词: goal orientations;    exercise intensity;    physical activity;    confidence;   

DOI  :  10.15561/18189172.2015.1111

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Purpose: to examine the moderating role of sport confidence and resultant the achievement goal profile with physical activity intensity during free play. Material: participants were 28 children participating in an after-school program. The 28 children completed measures of task and ego goal orientations and sport confidence two weeks prior to having their heart rate monitored during a free play session. Results: indicated that children with high sport confidence were characterized ( p < .05; Cohen’s d s > 1.10) by higher task and ego orientations and average heart rate over the course of the free play session when compared to the low sport confidence children. The moderate sport confidence children were not significantly different than the other groups expect for ego orientation though effect sizes indicated this group tended towards being more similar to the high sport confidence group. The results were confounded as all children in the low sport confidence condition were girls. Conclusions: Sport confidence moderates physical activity intensity during free play in children and is characterized by a higher ego orientation and generally higher task orientation. But given all of the low confident children were females, intervention work is needed at early ages with girls to build sport confidence and motivations for both goal orientations to hopefully increase physical activity intensity during free play.

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