Athanasios Papaioannou

• University of Thessaly

Based on Self-Determination theory and social interaction models of social justice, in this article we examined whether perceptions of fairness catalysed the positive effects autonomy support on motivational and well-being outcomes. The study was conducted in the context of an all-boys school with 302 students, adopting a prospective design. Using...

399-Retos, número 57, 2024 (agosto) Adolescents' self-perceived health, life satisfaction and subjective vitality during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis based on education level, gender and physical activity status Autopercepciones de salud, satisfacción con la vida y vitalidad subjetiva de los adolescentes durante la pandemia de COVID-19: un an...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents' routines were affected, leading to increased sedentary behaviors, decreased physical activity (PA) and social contacts, and negative impacts on mental health. The aim of this study was to analyze and compare adolescents' self-perceptions related to health, vitality, and life satisfaction, by sex, PA and ed...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions to adolescents' routines manifested in increased sedentary behaviors, reduced physical activity (PA), diminished social contacts, and adverse effects on mental health. The study's objective was to analyze and compare adolescents' self-perceptions concerning health, vitality, and life satisfaction based on s...

This study examined whether the perceived motivational climate was associated with students’ achievement goals and intrinsic motivation, from a multilevel (i.e., individual- and school-level) perspective within the Physical Education context. The sample was composed of 9855 students aged 10–18 (Mage = 13.96 years; SDage =1.97 years) who belong to 2...

About 80% of adolescents report insufficient physical activity (PA) worldwide. Beyond the association of attitudes, family and friends’ support, and perceived behavioural control (PBC) with intention, self-regulation strategies are expected to underlie the association between intention and action. Particularly, action planning and self-monitoring,...

The main aim of this study was to investigate the construct validity of a new MUltidimensional MOtivational Climate questionnaire in Physical Education (PE) at the Situational level of generality (MUMOC-PES), capturing four dimensions of empowering (autonomy support, task-involvement, relatedness support, structure) and three dimensions of disempow...

The purpose of this study was to test the measurement invariance (across five languages, two time points, and two experimental conditions) of the empowering and disempowering motivational climate questionnaire-coach (EDMCQ-C; Appleton et al., 2016) when completed by 9256 young sport participants (M age = 11.53 years, SD = 1.39 years; 13.5% female)....

The present article reports on two studies (pilot and main) aiming to examine the psychometric properties of two scales assessing (a) teachers’ work motivation and (b) their involvement in non-teaching work tasks, and to explore the associations between the two constructs under the theoretical framework of self-determination theory (SDT). A Greek v...

Multicultural societies require educators' intercultural competence. This trial examined if attitudes and perceived competences of pre-service Physical Education (PE) teachers could be improved by an online, teacher education course structured upon the findings of the intercultural education through physical activity, coaching, and training (EDU:PA...

This study examined the effect of coach-initiated motivational climate and parental support on intrinsic motivation, enjoyment of sport participation, subjective vitality, sport-related violence, and academic achievement of youth soccer players. The second purpose was to examine if intrinsic motivation mediates the impact of coach-initiated climate...

Purpose. To identify motivational determinants explaining Physical Education (PE) teachers’ behaviors promoting students’ physical activity (PA), amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Method. 931 Italian and French teachers completed a questionnaire assessing motivational determinants (self-determined motivation, self-efficacy, perceived ease and usefulne...

Purpose. The aim of this presentation is to present consequences of Self-Transcendence (ST) goal adoption in Physical Activity (PA) across Greece, Malaysia and Portugal. It was hypothesized that across these cultures, when all three main achievement goals [Self-Enhancement (SE); Self-Improvement (SI); ST] are assessed, ST goals account for unique v...

This symposium focuses on cross-cultural research on the recently introduced Self-Transcendence (ST) goals construct alongside the widely investigated constructs of Self-Improvement (SI) and Self- Enhancement (SE) goals. In the introduction of this symposium, the importance of adopting selfless achievement goals, i.e., ST goals, as well as the conc...

Stemming from Achievement goals theory (AGT), research relevant to teacher perceptions of their task-initiated goals is lacking. Study purpose was to provide initial validation of a new instrument measuring teacher perceptions of the achievement goals originated by their work task itself. The sample comprised 430 in-service teachers. Structural equ...

In recent years, European countries have become hosting destinations for thousands of people who have been forced to leave their home countries. Greece is one of the main European hosting countries of refugees, especially children. Thus, the pupil population is gradually changing and the need for intercultural education is increasing. Physical educ...

There have been growing discussions across international societies since 2017 focused on athlete wellness and athlete care. The human condition of high-performance athletes requires life balance, holistic personhood, and a functional athletic career with the support of integrative resources from sport organisations. During two successive Internatio...

The study aimed at examining students' knowledge of (a) setting goals and making plans for participating in physical activity (PA), (b) the benefits of exercise in health, and (c) activities that can be described as physical. Participants were 223 students who completed the relevant content of the student's workbook. Descriptive analyses were perfo...

Several types of Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) treatment include physical exercise as an add-on recovery. This review summarizes research on sports and physical exercise as an adjunct to SUDs treatment with the misuse of illegal drugs. Twenty peer-reviewed papers that met the inclusion criteria for representing cross-sectional, intervention and, r...

To promote students’ physical activity (PA) during the COVID-19 lockdown, Physical Education (PE) teachers invested an unprecedented effort. This study identifies motivational determinants in changes in PE teachers’ behaviors promoting PA. 931 Italian and French teachers’ motivational determinants and behaviors promoting PA were measured, regarding...

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reduced physical activity (PA) behaviors of many people. Physical education (PE) is considered one of the privileged instruments to promote youths’ PA. We aimed to investigate the effects of lockdown on PE teachers’ behaviors promoting their students’ out-of-school PA and differences between three European coun...

Improve others' competence is a missing Self-Transcendence (ST)/selfless goal in achievement goals literature, which has focused on very self-centered/Self-Enhancement (SE) (performance or overcome others) and relatively self-centered (mastery or Self-Improvement; SI) goals. We conceptualized pure ST goal alongside two composite achievement goals:...

The purpose of the study was the evaluation of a teacher in-service training program, namely “PE.T.Co.N.“, an online community of practice via Facebook groups. Drawing from Self-Determination theory (SDT), the program aimed at satisfying teachers' autonomy, competence, and relatedness needs and facilitating their autonomous motivation. Pre-post mea...

According to self-determination theory, teachers' basic needs satisfaction is essential for the quality of their motivation, teaching, and work behavior. Considering the lack of valid and reliable instruments measuring teachers' basic needs satisfaction (for autonomy, competence, and relatedness) within the Greek context, we evaluated the factorial...

Publishing in peer review journals is an acquired skill that almost any scholar – practitioner can achieve through a systematic approach and practice. The authors of this manuscript are experienced editors from five leading international sport and exercise psychology peer-review journals. Within this manuscript, the contributing authors considered...

Purpose : This study aimed to test the invariance of perceptions of the Spectrum teaching styles across Turkish and Greek preservice physical education teachers and to examine whether the styles could be classified into two clusters through self-determination theory. Greek ( n = 298) and Turkish ( n = 300) preservice teachers participated. Method :...

The present study examined the psychometric properties of the coach-adapted version of the Empowering and Disempowering Motivational Climate Questionnaire (EDMCQ) using Bayesian structural equation modelling (BSEM). The sample included 780 (Mage = 36.4; SD = 10.8; males n = 698; females n = 54; 28 participants did not report sex) youth sport coache...

La pratique régulière d’une activité physique (AP) est importante pour le développement des jeunes. Malheureusement, les études révèlent que moins de 20% d’entre eux atteignent le seuil recommandé de 60 minutes quotidiennes d’AP d’intensité modérée à élevée (Cooper, et al., 2015). Dans ce contexte, l’éducation physique et sportive (EPS) joue un rôl...

The purpose of the study was to explore the relationships between perceived teacher-created motivational climate, students’ achievement goals and students’ self-talk in physical education. Six hundred and seventeen students (M = 13.36 years, SD = .74) completed the Automatic Self-Talk Questionnaire for Physical Education (ASTQ-PE), the Task and Ego...

Physical activity (PA) is linked to reduced risk of depression, but research on the objectively measured PA in clinically diagnosed adult outpatients with major depressive disorder (MDD) is scarce. This study aimed to examine relationships of objectively measured PA with depression and mood. A total of 19 outpatients (6 males) with MDD, a mean age...

According to self-determination theory, teachers' basic needs satisfaction is essential for the quality of their motivation , teaching and work behavior. Since there is a lack of valid and reliable instruments measuring teachers' basic needs satisfaction in the Greek context, we evaluated the factorial validity and internal consistency of the Greek...

Traditional teacher training has been frequently criticized as inadequate and ineffective. On the other hand, informal learning such as professional learning communities (PLC) can be an effective alternative for in-service PE teachers' professional development. Unfortunately, such collaborative-interactive groups of PE teachers rarely exist. The pu...

This is the 2nd special issue section focused on sport and exercise psychology research and practice in countries referred to as “emerging” in sport and exercise psychology. Promotion of sport psychology research and practice in emerging countries is an important aim in this journal and of the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP). This...

Purpose : This quasi-experimental study evaluated the effects on students’ autonomous motivation and satisfaction from a program integrating physics concepts in physical education. Method : A total of 487 students (age 13 ± 1) participated in the study. The participants were students participating in physical education classes divided into interven...

The impact of two different teaching styles on junior high school students’ intrinsic – extrinsic motivation, lesson satisfaction, autonomy and their performance in three basketball skills: chest-pass, dribbling, and jump shot were examined. One hundred and six junior high school students (57 boys and 49 girls) aged 12 years old participated in thi...

The present study evaluated the university students’ accuracy of skill-specific self-efficacy judgments within the area of gymnastics and the relationship between self-efficacy and performance in gymnastics. Questionnaires assessing (a) students’ self-efficacy and (b) teachers’ judgments as regards the difficulty in gymnastics skills were developed...

This study examined the effects of a self-talk intervention on selective attention in a state of ego depletion. Participants were 62 undergraduate students with a mean age of 20.02 years (SD = 1.17). The experiment was conducted in four consecutive sessions. Following baseline assessment, participants were randomly assigned into experimental and co...

Based on recent trends in positive psychology, on ancient Greek sport literature and particularly on Aristotle's philosophy, the holistic, harmonious and internal motivational components of excellence and their implications for students' motivation for physical activity, health and well-being are presented. While modern motivational theories and re...

Background: Previous prospective studies have documented that mastery-approach goals are adaptive because they facilitate less negative psychological responses to unfavourable social comparisons than performance-approach goals. Aims: This study aimed to confirm this so-called 'mastery goal advantage' effect experimentally. Methods: A 2 × 3 des...

Research on the role of sport as a context for the acculturation of young migrants has mainly focused on migrant populations. Considering that acculturation is a two-way process involving both the migrant and the host populations, research investigating the perspective of the hosts will enhance our understanding of the acculturation process. The pu...

Introduction: Youth sport is considered as one of the most popular organized leisure activities in the world, and millions of children regularly participate in it. Furthermore, research has consistently shown that coaches are the most influential figures in the sport context and are of pivotal importance in determining the quality of the motivation...

The purpose of this research was to investigate the patterns of relationships between teachers' achievement goals, self-determined motivation and intentions to get involved with work-tasks promoting educational innova- tions. Participants were (a) 276 teachers who were involved in training to implement innovation, divided accord- ing to the conditi...

Previous experimental studies have documented that competence evaluations are function of social comparison information pertaining to classmates' grades even among mastery-oriented students who are not supposed to base perceptions of competence on social comparisons. This study aimed to replicate this link between mastery goals and social compariso...

The majority of research examining the relationship between the coach-created motivational and athlete motivation has relied on self-report measures. Grounded in Duda’s (2013) theoretically integrated model, the present study examined: (1) athletes', coaches' and observers' reports of the multidimensional motivational coaching environment in four E...

The aims of the study were (a) to test the effectiveness of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) to predict Greek university students’ voluntary participation in an extracurricular gymnastics course, and (b) to evaluate gender differences. Two hundred sixty-three (127 female, 136 male) students participated in the study. Students’ attitudes, in...

The purpose of the present study was to identify the intricacies of verbalizations, gestures, and game outcome during competition. Design: The behavioral research software Observer XT® using sequential analysis was used to analyze our data. Method: Participants were 34 junior tennis players with a mean age of 13.68 (SD=1.8). Youth players were obse...

The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of student-activated teaching styles through a specific intervention program on students’ self-regulation, lesson satisfaction, and motivation. Six hundred and one 7th grade students (318 boys and 283 girls), aged 13 years were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a comparison group. T...

The purpose of this study was to examine physical activity (PA) levels and body mass index (BMI) of secondary education students in central Greece and more specifically to determine the percentage of students that meet the criterion for participation in moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) for 60 minutes per day, body mass index (BMI) of participants and...

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This article outlines the development and validation of the Multidimensional Motivational Climate Observation System (MMCOS). Drawing from an integration of the dimensions of the social environment emphasized within achievement goal theory and self-determination theory [as assumed within Duda’s (2013) conceptualization of ‘empowering’ and ‘disempow...

The scope of this research was to search the impact of value on spectator’s future intentions and specifically in word of mouth and repurchase intention, in the sport spectator’s contest in the area of Greek professional soccer. The sample were nine hundred and twenty-five (N=925) soccer fans in six different stadia. They were asked to complete a q...

Research in education consistently shows that teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs are instrumental for their teaching behavior and students’ achievement. Teachers’ self-efficacy towards the successful implementation of curriculum goals and standards may determine the acceptance or rejection of curriculum various parts. Thus, self-efficacy assessment se...

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of asynchronous (background) music on senior students’ motivation and lesson satisfaction at the situational level. A counterbalanced mixed-model design was employed with two factors comprising condition (three levels) and gender (two levels). Two hundred students (82 boys, 118 girls; Mage = 16.3 yea...

Objectives An important yet unresolved question stemming from judgment and decision-making literature is whether individuals evaluate physical experiences in relative or absolute terms. Design and method The study examined 181 experienced basketball players in a 2 (type of experience: predicted versus real) x 2 (evaluation mode: separate versus jo...

In this study, findings concerned with the association of self-reported global self-esteem, vitality and athletes' moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in young soccer players and the generalisability of these associations across different European populations are presented. After listwise exclusion of missing cases and the elimination of...

The coach-created motivational climate is a key determinant of athletes' welfare and degree of optimal functioning when taking part in sport. The purpose of this study, grounded in a self-determination theory and achievement goal theory-integrated framework, was to investigate to what extent the differences in the objective motivational climate cre...

The purpose of the present study was to determine and compare the levels of objectively assessed physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) among male players aged 10–14 who participate in grassroots football in three European countries (i.e. England, France, and Greece). In addition, the study also examined the relationship of objective levels...

Funded by the European Commission, the Promoting Adolescent health through an intervention is aimed at improving the quality of their participation in Physical Activity (PAPA) project revolved around the potential of youth sport to promote children’s mental and emotional health and physical activity engagement. A theoretically grounded coach educat...

Teachers’ motivation regarding the many different tasks they have to carry out is essential for the quality of teaching and their working behavior. In Greek context there is a lack of valid and reliable instruments measuring teachers’ self-determined situational motivation. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the factorial validity and...

Educational studies have been shown that teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs are essential determinants of the teaching outcomes and very important factors for the adoption of any reform effort. The scope of the present study was to examine Physical Education (PE) teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching the six basic standards (Std.) of the new national PE...

Motivational climate in physical education and sport settings had been traditionally assessed via self-report scales. Grounded to the Achievement Goal (AGT) and Self Determination Theories (SDT) an observational approach has been developed (Tessier, Tzioumakis, Smith, Sarrazin, Digelidis, Papaioannou, Quested & Duda, 2011) as part of a European bas...

Introduction. The study was based on the model of stages of change, according to which people are classified into five stages: preconteplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance, depending on the strategies/procedures they adopt towards exercise. Aim of the study. The aim of this study was apreliminary investigation of the validity...

It was hypothesized that “self-check” style of teaching would be more preferable in terms of creating a mastery-oriented climate, and promoting adaptive achievement goals, intrinsic motiva-tion and metacognitive activity in physical education classes. Two hundred seventy-nine (N = 269) 6-grade students were randomly divided into two groups that wer...

Advances in Motivation in Sport and Exercise, Third Edition, presents the most current information in sport and exercise motivation, including discussion of new research surrounding self-determination theory and goal achievement theory, traditional topics of goal setting and self-efficacy, and newer areas of attention such as passion and perfection...

Objectives: The aim of the present research was to investigate the relationship between perceptions of received support provided by a coach and athletes' self-talk. Design: Cross-sectional, Method: Two studies were conducted. In the first study an instrument to assess perceptions of received support provided by the coach was developed, based on the...

Teaching styles, task-involving motivational climate and metacognitive activity: an intervention plan in PE classes Introduction: Field studies have supported that task-orientation and task-involving motivational climate have a significant impact on students’ self-reported metacognitive activity in PE classes.The aim of this study was to investigat...

To date, the examination of the motivational climate is achieved mainly via self-report scales. Only a few studies have used observational methodologies. Moreover, this work has been primarily grounded in the definition of the motivational climate as assumed in Achievement goal frameworks. This presentation will explain the methodological approach...

To date, the examination of the motivational climate is achieved mainly via self-report scales. Only a few studies have used observational methodologies. Moreover, this work has been primarily grounded in the definition of the motivational climate as assumed in Achievement goal frameworks. This presentation will explain the methodological approach...

The network of relations between Physical Education (PE) teachers’ self-efficacy, goal orientations, attitudes, intentions and behaviours concerning the implementation of a new PE curriculum was examined. Participants were 290 Greek junior high school PE teachers. Two years after the introduction of the new curriculum, participants responded to de-...

Objective: Two studies were conducted to investigate the assumption that a personal improvement goal in life is connected with adaptive self-regulatory strategies and high levels of self-efficacy that enable individuals to adopt regular physical activity and avoid smoking. On the other hand, it was hypothesized that health-related behaviours would...

Few investigations focused on goal orientations and motivational outcomes across school and sport contexts. In this study differences between Greek Christian (n = 275) and Muslim (n = 317) students were examined in sport, Greek language, achievement in general, and life in general. Muslims had higher scores on all scales assessing ego‐strengthening...