Integrating Human Values Theory and Self-Determination Theory: Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ Sustained Sport Participation
Purposes: This study aims to construct a research framework integrating the theory of human values and Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to examine whether parents’ sport values influence their support for children’s continued participation in balance bike activities in terms of the mediation of parti...
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| author | Chih-Wei Lin You-Jie Huang Kai-Hsiu Chen Ming-Kuo Chen |
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| description | Purposes: This study aims to construct a research framework integrating the theory of human values and Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to examine whether parents’ sport values influence their support for children’s continued participation in balance bike activities in terms of the mediation of participation motivation. Methods: Data were collected from 439 parents whose children participated in balance bike activities using a snowball sampling method. Descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling (SEM) were employed to analyze the relationships among parents’ sport values, participation motivation, and continued participation intention. Results: The findings revealed that parents’ sport values significantly predicted participation motivation, which, in turn, remarkably influenced continued participation intention. Participation motivation fully mediated the relationship between sport values and continued participation intention, supporting SDT’s assumption of motivational internalization and highlighting the crucial role of intrinsic motivation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-182457ce58d549c79837117cd7b385212025-08-20T03:08:00ZengMDPI AGSocieties2075-46982025-07-0115719910.3390/soc15070199Integrating Human Values Theory and Self-Determination Theory: Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ Sustained Sport ParticipationChih-Wei Lin0You-Jie Huang1Kai-Hsiu Chen2Ming-Kuo Chen3Department of Business Administration, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, TaiwanDepartment of Leisure Service Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, TaiwanDepartment of Leisure Service Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, TaiwanDepartment of Insurance and Finance Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, TaiwanPurposes: This study aims to construct a research framework integrating the theory of human values and Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to examine whether parents’ sport values influence their support for children’s continued participation in balance bike activities in terms of the mediation of participation motivation. Methods: Data were collected from 439 parents whose children participated in balance bike activities using a snowball sampling method. Descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling (SEM) were employed to analyze the relationships among parents’ sport values, participation motivation, and continued participation intention. Results: The findings revealed that parents’ sport values significantly predicted participation motivation, which, in turn, remarkably influenced continued participation intention. Participation motivation fully mediated the relationship between sport values and continued participation intention, supporting SDT’s assumption of motivational internalization and highlighting the crucial role of intrinsic motivation.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15/7/199parents’ sport valuesparticipation motivationcontinued participation intentionbalance bike |
| spellingShingle | Chih-Wei Lin You-Jie Huang Kai-Hsiu Chen Ming-Kuo Chen Integrating Human Values Theory and Self-Determination Theory: Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ Sustained Sport Participation Societies parents’ sport values participation motivation continued participation intention balance bike |
| title | Integrating Human Values Theory and Self-Determination Theory: Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ Sustained Sport Participation |
| title_full | Integrating Human Values Theory and Self-Determination Theory: Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ Sustained Sport Participation |
| title_fullStr | Integrating Human Values Theory and Self-Determination Theory: Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ Sustained Sport Participation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrating Human Values Theory and Self-Determination Theory: Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ Sustained Sport Participation |
| title_short | Integrating Human Values Theory and Self-Determination Theory: Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ Sustained Sport Participation |
| title_sort | integrating human values theory and self determination theory parental influences on preschoolers sustained sport participation |
| topic | parents’ sport values participation motivation continued participation intention balance bike |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15/7/199 |
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