The Effect of Perceived Enjoyment on Intrinsic Motivation in Middle School Physical Education Class: The Mediating Effect of Class Satisfaction

Key Points

• This research aims to investigate the relationship between perceived enjoyment and intrinsic motivation, focusing on the mediating effect of class satisfaction.
• Survey administered to 469 middle school students in Daegu, South Korea, after excluding unreliable responses.
• Used SPSS for frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and regression analysis.
• Mediating effects assessed using Baron and Kenny's procedures and significance tests for indirect effects.
• Perceived enjoyment positively influences class satisfaction.
• Perceived enjoyment positively influences intrinsic motivation.
• Class satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between perceived enjoyment and intrinsic motivation.