Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• hafez padervand ¹
• b h ²
• k r ³
• Asma soleimani ⁴

¹ PhD in Educational Psychology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran. Orchid Code: 0009-0001-3492-2391

² Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

³ Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

⁴ PhD in Exercise Physiology, Department of Sports Science, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.

Abstract

Background and Objectives: School sports are an effective approach to increase students' physical activity through sports programs, activities, and events in a supportive environment with safe and comfortable infrastructure and facilities. The purpose of this research was to predict the motivation for sports participation among adolescent male students during school sports hours based on basic psychological needs and social responsibility. Methods: The research method was a correlational survey. The statistical population of the study included all male high school students in Khorramabad during the 2024-2025 academic year. From this statistical population, 240 male students were selected as the research sample using random cluster sampling, with a mean age of 15.21 and a standard deviation of 1.68. Participants responded to Gill's (1983) Sport Participation Motivation Questionnaire, Kordloo's (2014) Social Responsibility Questionnaire, and Guardia et al.'s (2000) Basic Psychological Needs Questionnaire. The results were analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple regression.Findings: The results showed a positive and significant relationship between basic psychological needs and social responsibility with students' motivation for sports participation (P<0.01). Furthermore, the results from the overall regression model test indicated that basic psychological needs and social responsibility explained 21% of the variance in students' motivation for sports participation (P<0.001). Conclusion: The results of this study provide useful information regarding the role of basic psychological needs and social responsibility variables in predicting sports participation motivation among adolescent students.

Keywords

• Basic Psychological Needs,
• Social Responsibility
• Motivation for Sports Participation
• Adolescent Students

Main Subjects

• روانشناسی یادگیری