Promoting enjoyment in girls' physical education: The impact of goals, beliefs, and self-determination

This study examined the network of relationships between spor t ability beliefs, achievement goals, self-determination and female students' enjoyment in school physical education (PE). Female secondar y students (n = 343) from a single-sex secondar y school in Singapore par ticipated in the survey. They were assessed on spor t ability beliefs, goal orientations, relative autonomy, perceived competence and enjoyment in PE. The findings established that incremental belief predicted task orientation. In addition, relative autonomy, task orientation and perceived competence had strong and direct impact on enjoyment. Overall, the present study offers some insightful thoughts for promoting enjoyment for girls in PE and physical activity.