MOTIVATION IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION: THE PREDICTIVE EFFECT OF ATTITUDE AND MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES

The aim of this study was to analyze the predictive effect of motivational regulations in physical education on motivational strategies and attitude level. Totally 335 high school students (179 girls, 156 boys) attended voluntarily to the study. Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire, Attitudes toward Physical Education and Sport, and Situational Motivation Scale were used. The results showed that self-regulation was the strongest predictor of intrinsic motivation for physical education and attitudes toward physical education was the strongest predictor for identified regulation, extrinsic motivation and amotivation. Besides, results confirmed the relationship between cognitive strategies, motivational regulation for physical education, and attitudes.