Integrating Human Values Theory and Self-Determination Theory: Parental Influences on Preschoolers’ Sustained Sport Participation
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: 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.
Source: Societies
DOI: 10.3390/soc15070199
Authors: Chih-Wei Lin, You-Jie Huang, Kai-Hsiu Chen, Ming-Kuo Chen
Institution: Chaoyang University of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,689
OpenAlex ID: W4412476391