MOTIVATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENJOYMENT IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN ITALIAN HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS: DIFFERENCES BY GENDER

The aim of the study is to examine the differences in high school adolescents in motivational climate and enjoyment according to gender and if motivational climate influences enjoyment in physical activity. 207 high school adolescents (males: n= 118; females: n= 89) were asked to complete enjoyment and motivational climate self-reported questionnaires during physical education lessons. Anova one-way was performed to examine the effect of gender on motivational climate and on enjoyment. A multiple regression analisys was also performed to examine if there were any gender differences in the prediction of enjoyment in physical activity. Significant differences were found in favor of females in task-involving climate (p