Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness with Achievement Motivation in Physical Education in Adolescents
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Physical fitness Competences Music Youth Sex Shuttle run test Physical activity
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2021Referencia bibliográfica
Cadenas-Sanchez, C.; Lamoneda, J.; Huertas-Delgado, F.J. Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness with Achievement Motivation in Physical Education in Adolescents. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 2317. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph18052317
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Spanish Government FJC2018-037925-IResumen
Cardiorespiratory fitness is an important health marker in adolescents. Thus, examining
the relation between cardiorespiratory fitness and motivation should be important to increase healthrelated behaviors. This study aimed to describe adolescents’ cardiorespiratory fitness and motivation
by gender and to analyze the association between two cardiorespiratory fitness tests (original and
with music) and motivation. A total of 341 adolescents (14.2 ± 1.5 years, 52.2% girls) participated in
this study. Cardiorespiratory fitness was assessed using the 20 m shuttle run and its adaptation with
music. Motivation was assessed though the “Achievement Motivation towards Physical Education”
questionnaire. Boys presented with higher cardiorespiratory fitness and motivation (all, p < 0.05).
Yet, when classifying fit and unfit groups, a higher percentage of girls were considered fit compared
to boys (85.8% vs. 74.5%). A higher level of cardiorespiratory fitness (stages) and VO2max were
associated with a higher level of motivation (self-perceived competence and compared competence)
and lower anxiety (all p < 0.05). These associations with motivation were stronger when the music
was present in the test. In this sense, including music in activities focused on cardiorespiratory
fitness could increase the cardiorespiratory fitness performance and motivation, especially in girls.
It should be important to increase adolescents’ cardiorespiratory fitness levels in order to increase
motivation in physical education lessons and to include more motivational activities in order to
achieve higher performance.