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Junior High School Students' Achievement Goals, Social Goals, and Self-Reported Persistence in Physical Education Settings
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Guan, Jianmin; Xiang, Ping; Keating, Xiaofen D.; Land, William M. – European Physical Education Review, 2020
This study utilized a 2 × 2 achievement goal model to explore a relationship between achievement goals and social goals, and how these goals are associated with junior high school students' self-reported persistence toward physical activities. A total of 246 students from four junior high schools participated in the study. The results revealed…
Descriptors: Junior High School Students, Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Academic Persistence
Students' Ability Beliefs about Running in Physical Education: Qualitative Findings from Longitudinal Data
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Xiang, Ping; Liu, Jiling; Li, Weidong; Guan, Jianmin – European Physical Education Review, 2021
Students' ability beliefs about running activities in physical education/athletics classes were investigated longitudinally from the perspectives of Nicholls' conceptions of ability and Dweck's implicit theories of ability. The data for this study were provided by 44 students (20 boys; 24 girls) who participated in a larger longitudinal project on…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physical Activities, Mastery Learning, Elementary School Students
Self-Regulated Learning Strategies and Achievement Goals among Preservice Physical Education Teachers
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Liu, Jiling; Xiang, Ping; McBride, Ron E.; Chen, Han – European Physical Education Review, 2020
Self-regulated learning is critical to student academic success as well as healthy lifestyles. Although widely conducted among students from various disciplines, self-regulated learning research seems not to have paid much attention to preservice physical education teachers. Attempting to amend this literature gap as well as inform the current…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Academic Achievement, Life Style, Health Behavior
The Mediating Role of Mastery-Approach Goals between Coach Supports and Intrinsic Motivation among Underserved Adolescents
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Liu, Jiling; Xiang, Ping; McBride, Ron E. – ICHPER-SD Journal of Research, 2018
Guided by Self-Determination Theory (SDT; Ryan & Deci, 2000; Ryan, Williams, Patrick, & Deci, 2009) and Achievement Goals Theory (Elliot & McGregor, 2001), this study examined how coach supports affected intrinsic motivation (IM) and how mastery-approach (MAp) goals mediated the relationship between coach supports and IM among a group…
Descriptors: Males, Summer Programs, Athletic Coaches, Student Motivation
College Students' Physical Activity and Health-Related Quality of Life: An Achievement Goal Perspective
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Zhang, Tao; Xiang, Ping; Gu, Xiangli; Rose, Melanie – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2016
Purpose: The 2 × 2 achievement goal model, including the mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goal orientations, has recently been used to explain motivational outcomes in physical activity. This study attempted to examine the relationships among 2 × 2 achievement goal orientations, physical…
Descriptors: College Students, Physical Activities, Path Analysis, Quality of Life
Achievement Goals and Their Relations to Children's Disruptive Behaviors in an After-School Physical Activity Program
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Agbuga, Bulent; Xiang, Ping; McBride, Ron – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2010
This study used a trichotomous achievement goal model to explore and describe what actually happened in terms of students' achievement goals and disruptive behaviors in an after-school physical activity program. Participants included 158 students in grades 3-6. They completed questionnaires assessing their achievement goals and disruptive…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Achievement, Grade 3, Student Behavior