@article{Masadis_Filippou_Kouli_Gargalianos_Rokka_Bebetsos_Derri_Damianidou_Koupani_Samara_Siarenou_Filippou_2020, title={The “Motivational Climate in Physical Education Scale” in Greek Educational Context Psychometric Properties and Gender Effects}, volume={12}, url={https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/1037}, abstractNote={<p>The aim of this study was to carry out a preliminary validation of “Motivational Climate in Physical Educational” (Soini, Liukkonen, Watt, Yli-Piipari, & Jaakkola, 2014) in Greek educational context. 184 (101 male & 83 female) elementary school students of grades 5<sup>th</sup> & 6<sup>th</sup> from different regions of the country participated in the survey. The Greek version of Motivational Climate in Physical Educational (Soini, Liukkonen, Watt, Yli-Piipari, & Jaakkola, 2014) was used for data’s collection. The data’s statistical analysis included: a. Descriptive analysis (M, SD, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin and Bartlett’s test of Sphericity, and Measure of Sampling Adequacy), b. Exploratory factor analysis, c. Reliability analysis, d. one-way Multivariate Analysis of Variance. The analysis shows: a. the questionnaire retains the structure of the four factors that its designers have recommended b. internal cohesion of the four factors was impressively high (.85 the lowest and .90 the highest). Survey data show: a. The Greek version of the “Motivational Climate in Physical Educational” is a reliable tool of measurement of motivational climate in the Greek educational elementary school environment, b. gender determines the climate of motivation with male students scoring higher in task involving and autonomy factors whereas girls perform better in task involving and relatedness.</p>}, number={4}, journal={International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education}, author={Masadis, Gregory and Filippou, Filippos and Kouli, Olga and Gargalianos, Dimitris and Rokka, Stella and Bebetsos, Evangelos and Derri, Vasiliki and Damianidou, Sofia and Koupani, Aikaterini and Samara, Eleni and Siarenou, Dafni and Filippou, Dafni-Anastasia}, year={2020}, month={Apr.}, pages={321–324} }