Am I able? Is it worth it? Adolescent girls' motivational predispositions to school physical education : Associations with health-enhancing physical activity Fairclough, Stuart, Hilland, Toni, Stratton, Gareth and Ridgers, Nicola 2012, Am I able? Is it worth it? Adolescent girls' motivational predispositions to school physical education : Associations with health-enhancing physical activity, European physical education review, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 147-158, doi: 10.1177/1356336X12440025. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Am I able? Is it worth it? Adolescent girls' motivational predispositions to school physical education : Associations with health-enhancing physical activity Author(s) Fairclough, Stuart Hilland, Toni Stratton, Gareth Ridgers, Nicola orcid.org/0000-0001-5713-3515 Journal name European physical education review Volume number 18 Issue number 2 Start page 147 End page 158 Total pages 12 Publisher Sage Publications Place of publication Nafferton, England Publication date 2012-06 ISSN 1356-336X 1741-2749 Keyword(s) motivations physical activity physical education health adolescent girls Summary The study purpose was to investigate predictive associations between adolescent girls’ motivational predispositions to physical education (PE) and habitual physical activity. Two hundred girls (age 13.1 ± 0.6 years) completed the Physical Education Predisposition Scale and the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children. ANCOVAs revealed that girls with the highest Perceived PE Worth and Perceived PE Ability scores were the most habitually active groups (p < .0001). Significant predictors of physical activity identified by hierarchical regression were Perceived PE Ability and body mass index, which accounted for 17% and 3% of variance, respectively. As Perceived PE Ability was strongly associated with physical activity, the correlates of this construct should be further established to inform future school and PE-based interventions. Language eng DOI 10.1177/1356336X12440025 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920401 Behaviour and Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Sage Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30046179 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 23 Jul 2012, 11:18:38 EST Mon, 23 Jul 2012, 16:06:12 EST Mon, 23 Jul 2012, 16:07:46 EST Tue, 24 Jul 2012, 09:08:52 EST Thu, 13 Sep 2012, 08:42:07 EST Thu, 06 Dec 2012, 08:26:46 EST Mon, 17 Jun 2013, 17:45:25 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 19 times in TR Web of Science Cited 19 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 723 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 23 Jul 2012, 11:18:26 EST by Jane Moschetti