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Table 2 Demographic characteristic and Descriptive results

From: Motivational climate, need satisfaction, self-determined motivation, and physical activity of students in secondary school physical education in China

Title

Dimension

N

Percentage

M

SD

Demographic characteristic

Gender

    

Boy

538

45.4%

  

Girl

648

54.6%

  

Grade

    

Grade Six

318

26.8%

  

Grade Seven

306

25.8%

  

Grade Eight

259

21.8%

  

Grade Nine

303

25.5%

  

Age

  

13.09

1.38

Four types of classroom climates

Autonomy support

  

3.74

0.98

Relatedness support

  

4.43

0.80

Task-involving

  

4.45

0.67

Ego-involving

  

3.21

1.07

Basic psychological needs

Autonomy

  

3.75

0.86

Competence

  

3.84

0.93

Relatedness

  

4.08

0.85

Motivation

Intrinsic motivation

  

5.68

1.36

Identified motivation

  

5.84

1.24

External motivation

  

2.84

1.58

Amotivation

  

1.44

1.14

 

MVPA

  

15.5(min)

4.61

 

MVPA%

  

38.8

11.5

  1. N number, M mean, SD standard deviation, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
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