Age-effects of sport education model on basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation of adolescent students: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jing Dai; Jiayong Chen; Zijing Huang; Yuhuan Chen; Yezi Li; Jian Sun; Duanying Li; Min Lu; Jiancai Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0297878

Age-effects of sport education model on basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation of adolescent students: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS One. 2024 May 16;19(5):e0297878. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297878. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Jing Dai¹, Jiayong Chen¹, Zijing Huang¹, Yuhuan Chen¹, Yezi Li², Jian Sun³, Duanying Li³, Min Lu³, Jiancai Chen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Digitalized Performance Training Laboratory, Guangzhou Sport University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
² Suzhou Gaobo Software Technology Vocational College, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
³ Sports Training Institute, Guangzhou Sport University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
⁴ Physical Education Institute, Guangzhou Sport University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Abstract

Objective: This study explores the age effects of the sport education model(SEM) on the impact of basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, relatedness) and intrinsic motivation (interest, enjoyment, satisfaction) among adolescent students.

Method: Retrieval of relevant literature from PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). The search period ranged from the starting year to January 7, 2024. Subsequently, literature screening, data extraction, and quality assessment will be conducted, and data analysis will be performed using "Review Manager 5.4" software.

Result: Overall, SEM has a positive and statistically significant impact on the basic psychological needs (MD = 0.36,95% CI [0.22, 0.50]) and intrinsic motivation (MD = 0.75, 95% CI [0.58, 0.93]) of adolescent students (P<0.01). Subgroup analysis revealed age effects on the impact of SEM on the basic psychological needs of adolescent students: pre-peak height velocity (PRE-PHV) (MD = 0.39, 95% CI [0.23, 0.56], I2 = 45%, P<0.01), mid-peak height velocity (MID-PHV) (MD = 0.22, 95% CI [0.01, 0.42], I2 = 82%, P<0.05), post-peak height velocity (POST-PHV) (MD = 1.27, 95% CI [0.79, 1.74], I2 = 0%, P<0.01). Similarly, age effects were found for intrinsic motivation: MID-PHV (MD = 0.86, 95% CI [0.62, 1.11], I2 = 68%, P<0.01), POST-PHV (MD = 0.56, 95% CI [0.40, 0.72], I2 = 0%, P<0.01).

Conclusion: The SEM is an effective approach to enhancing the basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation of adolescent students. However, it exhibits age effects among students at different developmental stages. Specifically, in terms of enhancing basic psychological needs, the model has the greatest impact on POST-PHV students, followed by PRE-PHV students, while the improvement effect is relatively lower for MID-PHV students. The enhancement effect on intrinsic motivation diminishes with increasing age.

Copyright: © 2024 Dai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Publication types

Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Age Factors
Female
Humans
Male
Motivation*
Sports* / psychology
Students* / psychology

Grants and funding

Research Project Funded by the Guangdong Provincial Education Science Planning (2022GXJK242): Theoretical and Empirical Study on the Integration of Competitive Sports Education Model into Ideological and Political Education in Higher Education Physical Education Courses. The research project on higher education for the 2022 Annual Plan of the "14th Five-Year Plan" by the Guangdong Higher Education Society(22GZD010): Research on the ideological and political reform of sports education model in higher education institutions based on the competitive sports education model. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.