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

Table 4 Standardized Parameter Estimates of Indirect Effects and R² value

Parameter	Total effect	Direct effect	Indirect effect
Autonomy support → SDI	0.072^*	−0.053	0.125^**
Task-involving climate → SDI	0.542^**	0.394^**	0.149^**
Relatedness support → SDI	0.052	−0.042	0.094^*
Ego-involving climate → SDI	−0.075^*	−0.126^**	0.051^**
Autonomy support → MVPA	−0.133^**	−0.166^*	0.033
Task-involving climate → MVPA	0.177^**	0.078	0.099^**
Relatedness support → MVPA	−0.040	−0.006	−0.034
Ego-involving climate → MVPA	−0.006	−0.016	0.009^**
Relatedness → MVPA	−0.096	−0.118^*	0.021
Autonomy → MVPA	0.029	−0.001	0.029^**
Competence → MVPA	0.191^**	0.181^**	0.010
	R² value
Autonomy	0.548
Competence	0.300
Relatedness	0.648
SDI	0.332
MVPA	0.014

SDI self-determined motivation index, MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity
^*P < .05, ^**P < .01

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