摘要：Subjective vitality as a positive experience in physical education (PE) can influences young people to adopt physically active adult lifestyles which can improve public health. Teachers can influence students’ subjective vitality through the motivational strategies they use; it is thus pertinent and important to understand the motivational processes of adolescents in PE. In this study, the authors compared the subjective vitality in students with internal and external perceived locus of causality in physical education classrooms. 75 adolescences participated in the study. Subjects completed the perceived locus of causality and subjective vitality questionnaires. Results of t-test shown that students who had perceived locus of causality into the internal reported more subjective vitality than students who had experienced external perceived locus of causality. The findings highlight the importance more self determined forms of motivational strategies in PE. Motivational strategies that are autonomous or self-determined prompt internal locus of causality that may yield better vitality relative to non-self-determined strategies. Physical education teachers can promote their students’ subjective vitality via their motivational styles which encourage internal perceived locus of causality in physical education.
关键词：Locus of Causality; Subjective Vitality; Physical Education; Self-Determination Theory.
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