a Department of Health and Kinesiology, College of Education , Northeastern State University , Tahlequah , Oklahoma , USA.
b Kinesiology Program, School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences , Oregon State University , Corvallis , Oregon , USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2019 Apr;67(3):207-214. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1469501. Epub 2018 Oct 25.
The aim of this study was to examine differences in students' physical activity motivation, competence, and weekly exercise metabolic equivalent units (METs) between universities with different physical activity education (PAE) policy arrangements (ie, a required PAE vs. an elective PAE).
Participants (N = 953) were purposefully recruited from two universities with different PAE policies 1 week before the start of fall term 2015.
Participants completed questionnaires assessing their physical activity motivation, competence, and weekly exercise METs.
The results of this study suggest that having a required PAE policy allows for more students with lower self-determined forms of motivation (ie, amotivation) to be reached in comparison to the elective PAE policy.
This finding highlights that a primary value of having a required PAE policy is its ability to reach less motivated students.
本研究旨在考察不同高校体育活动教育（PAE）政策安排（即必修 PAE 与选修 PAE）下，学生的体育活动动机、能力和每周运动代谢当量（MET）的差异。
2015 年秋季学期开始前一周，从两所具有不同 PAE 政策的高校中，有目的地招募了 953 名参与者。
参与者完成了评估其体育活动动机、能力和每周运动代谢当量的问卷。
研究结果表明，与选修 PAE 政策相比，必修 PAE 政策可以让更多低自我决定动机（即动机缺乏）的学生参与进来。
这一发现强调了必修 PAE 政策的一个主要价值是它能够接触到积极性较低的学生。
