體育旨在幫助青少年建立活躍和健康的生活方式，有關如何激發運動興趣、培養體育學習內部動機顯然十分重要。本研究調查了香港20間學校共1200名中二、中四及中六學生，通過結構公式模型分析，確定「鼓勵合作」能有效提升學生的「能力感」、「自主感」和「關係感」，並進而加強其體育學習「內部動機」。
Physical education (PE) seeks to help adolescents develop an active and healthy lifestyle in which cultivation of an intrinsic interest in sport and PE learning is important. This study investigated 1200 Secondary 2, Secondary 4, and Secondary 6 students from 20 schools in Hong Kong. Structural equation modeling analysis revealed that a "cooperative learning climate" promoted perceived "competence", "autonomy", and "relatedness" that in turn enhanced "intrinsic motivation" in secondary school PE.