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The Effects Of Relatedness Support On Motivational Profiles In Rural Vs. Urban Physical Education Students, Corbin D. Stringam
The Effects Of Relatedness Support On Motivational Profiles In Rural Vs. Urban Physical Education Students, Corbin D. Stringam
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The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which relatedness support affects motivational profiles in rural vs. urban physical education (PE) students. Participants included rural (n=177) and urban (n=431) junior high/high school students (grades 5-12) from Alberta, a western province in Canada (n=508), and Utah, a state in the intermountain west of the USA (n=100). This cross-sectional study measured and assessed students’ basic psychological needs of student-to-student relatedness, student-to-teacher relatedness, competence, and autonomy using a revised version of the Basic Psychological Needs Scale (BPNS-R). Situational motivation was measured and assessed using the Situational Intrinsic Motivation Scale – …