I study how students feel in physical education—enjoyment, pride, boredom, anxiety—and how teaching, including the variety it offers, relates to their motivation and participation.
I study achievement emotions such as enjoyment, pride, boredom and anxiety in PE lessons. Using control-value theory, I ask how students’ sense of control and the value they see in PE relate to these emotions.
I study variety support: teachers varying activities, equipment, groupings and tasks. I also ask whether variety works as a fourth basic psychological need, alongside autonomy, competence and relatedness.
I adapt and validate questionnaires and observation tools for physical education, including a brief questionnaire for elementary school students.
We adapted a brief, visually supported questionnaire on enjoyment, anxiety and boredom in physical education for third- and fourth-grade students, and tested it with 772 children.
We adapted the AEQ-PE, a questionnaire on achievement emotions in physical education, into Turkish.
| Resource | What it measures | Status | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEQ-PE-ESAchievement Emotions Questionnaire for Physical Education-Elementary School | Enjoyment, anxiety and boredom in PE lessons, for third- and fourth-grade students. Brief, with visual support. | Validated, published 2026Tested with 772 students in grades 3 and 4 | |
| AEQ-PE, TurkishTurkish adaptation of the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire for Physical Education | Achievement emotions in PE lessons. Original questionnaire by Fierro-Suero, Almagro and Sáenz-López (2020). | Validated, published 2024Turkish adaptation by Ceylan and Karlı (2024) | |
| VSOS-PEVariety Support Observation System for Physical Education | Teachers’ variety support during PE lessons, by structured observation. | In developmentPilot version, not yet validated or available for use |
From August 2026 to April 2027, I am a Visiting Research Scholar in the Division of Kinesiology & Health at the University of Wyoming, working with Dr. Kelly L. Simonton.
I welcome contact from researchers and PE teachers interested in achievement emotions, variety support, or adapting PE measures to new languages.