The purposes of this study were to explore the factor structures of achievement motivation in physical education, and to examine the construction of the achievement motivation process model in physical education. A questionnaire designed to assess achievement motivations in physical education learning (153 items on 21 factors/variables) was given to 464 junior high school students (223 boys and 231 girls), 298 high school students (137 boys and 161 girls), making a total of 752 students. The main reaults were as follows: 1) exploratory factor analysis (Maximum Likelihood Method, Direct Oblimin Rotation) revealed 10 factors ("motor ability competence", "teacher", "anxiety about stress-causing situations", "positive activity", "goal-setting", "friend", "self-esteem", "comfortableness", "expectation for improvement in ability", and "serious attitude") related to achievement motivation in physical education; 2) the results of path analysis showed the results of path analysis showed the construction of the Acievement Motivation Process model ([Environment: "teacher" and "friend"]→[Cognition: "expectation for improvement in ability"]→[Emotion: "comfortableness"]→[Action: "goal setting", "diligence and seriousness", "overcoming obstacles"]→[result/evaluation: "motor ability competence"→"self-esteem"]) in physical education.
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