Abstract
In the context of education, this study examined the relationship between perceiving a transformational physical education (PE) teacher and student’s leisure-time physical activity (PA). Furthermore, we tested the potential mediation role of motivational learning climate, passion and self-determined motivation in this relationship. The sample was composed of 2210 high-school PE students (1145 males, 1065 females) between 16 and 20 years of age. Results of structural equation modeling revealed that the perceived transformational PE teacher–PA outcomes relationship was stronger when students perceived a task-involving climate, when they were harmoniously passionate, and when they were self-determined. We conclude that students’ health-enhancing behaviours could be improved if their PE teachers use transformational teaching style and created a task-oriented learning climate.
Highlights
Adolescence is a critical period in which to consolidate healthy and physically active lifestyles that can be maintained in adulthood [1]
We examined the associations between physical education (PE) students’ perceptions of teachers’ transformational teaching style and two physical activity (PA) outcomes (i.e., PA participation in their leisure time and intention to engage in PA in the future), testing the mediational role of motivational learning climates, types of passion, and self-determined motivation in this relationship
The positive findings support the importance of PE teachers in the acquisition of an active lifestyle beyond PE classes, and they reinforce the proposal by Sallis and McKenzie [14], who suggested that students’ experiences in PE classes would affect the intention to continue to be physically active in the future and even, as our findings show, the level of PA participation in their leisure time
Summary
Adolescence is a critical period in which to consolidate healthy and physically active lifestyles that can be maintained in adulthood [1]. The positive effect of physical activity (PA) on public health is well-documented [2,3], especially in high-risk children and adolescents [4]. Indicate high levels of physical inactivity among adolescents, which increases the risk of developing obesity and other non-communicable diseases [7]. 81% of adolescents between 11–17 years old were insufficiently physically active in 2016 [8]. In the Spanish context, 29.8% of adolescents (11–18 years old) reported a PA frequency of once a week or less in their leisure time, and only 11.6%. Prospective studies have demonstrated that PA levels decrease during the transition from adolescence to early adulthood [10]
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