Effects of Fitness Test Type, Teacher, and Gender on Exercise Intrinsic Motivation and Physical Self-worth.

Whitehead, James R.; Corbin, Charles B.

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ERIC Number: EJ425110

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Publication Date: 1991

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Effects of Fitness Test Type, Teacher, and Gender on Exercise Intrinsic Motivation and Physical Self-worth.

Whitehead, James R.; Corbin, Charles B.

Journal of School Health, v61 n1 p11-16 Jan 1991

A study of seventh and eighth graders in the southwest compared effects on exercise-intrinsic motivation and physical self-worth of taking either the President's Challenge or the Fitnessgram fitness test battery. Results did not support the premise that fitness test batteries would produce different motivational and self-perception outcomes. (SM)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Exercise, Grade 7, Grade 8, Health Promotion, Physical Fitness, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Self Esteem, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Attitudes, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires

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Language: English

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