Abstract

This study aims to test effects of instructor-based leisure education to facilitate adolescents’ physical activity (PA) motivation and the health-related quality of life (HRQoL).BR To reach study goals, we recruited after-school physical educators who teach students in after-school leisure-time physical activity in middle schools in Seoul. 171 students of instructors who were randomly assigned into either intervention group or control group. Both students of instructors were asked to completed the questionnaire twice over the after-school leisure-time physical activity course. For data analyses, SPSS Windows Ver. 23.0 program was used for testing the effects of instructor-based leisure education—i.e. interaction effect.BR As results, instructors who received leisure education (LE) became more autonomy supportive toward their students than those of instructors in the control group. At the same time, students of instructors in the LE showed greater autonomous motivation and higher level of HRQoL than those of instructors in the control group. In conclusion, instructors who received the LE were more autonomy supportive toward their students, and their students benefited from receiving autonomy support in terms of autonomous motivation to PA and HRQoL via after-school leisure-time physical activity. The findings showed that leisure education is important for physical activity instructors.

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