Document Type
Article
Abstract
The purpose of this cross sectional study was to predict feelings of belonging and social responsibility based on the motivational climate perceptions and contingent self-worth of children participating in urban after-school physical activity programs. Three-hundred and four elementary school students from a major Midwestern city participated. Based on multiple regression analyses we predicted 39 % of the variance in feelings of belonging largely due to perceptions of leadership emotional support and task climate and 31 % of the variance in feelings of social responsibility largely due to perceptions of a caring climate. Our findings support the importance of after school physical activity programs, which appear to provide nurturing environments that may contribute to feelings of belonging and social responsibility.
Disciplines
Education | Health and Physical Education | Kinesiology | Sports Sciences
Recommended Citation
Martin, J., Byrd, B., Garn, A., McCaughtry, N., Kulik, N., & Centeio, E.E. (2016). Predicting social responsibility and belonging in urban after school physical activity programs with underserved children. The Urban Review, 48(3), 403-418. doi: 10.1007/s11256-016-0360-2
Comments
The final publication is available at link.springer.com via https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11256-016-0360-2