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INTRINSIC VERSUS EXTRINSIC MOTIVATIONAL ORIENTATION IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT
Author(s) -
BIDDLE STUART,
BROOKE RICHARD
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1992.tb01018.x
Subject(s) - psychology , physical education , developmental psychology , scale (ratio) , context (archaeology) , physical activity , social psychology , pedagogy , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
S ummary . Two studies are reported on an intrinsic/extrinsic motivation orientation scale for the classroom modified for physical education settings and used with British children. The modified scale used was the Motivational Orientation in Sport Scale (MOSS). Prior research with both the classroom and MOSS scale has been with American children. Study 1 ( N =122) showed that for 12‐year‐old boys and girls the factorial structure of the MOSS did not match the hypothesised five factors from the American research. However, internal reliability of the subscales was generally adequate and there were no significant relationships between subscale scores and a measure of social desirability. Study 2 was a small‐scale investigation of the MOSS in an actual physical education context. Twelve‐year‐old boys ( N =24) participated in an endurance run task. Scores from the run were correlated in the expected direction with three of the subscales.