The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between perceived autonomy support, basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation of university students majoring in contemporary dance. The subject was a population of 250 university stude...
The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between perceived autonomy support, basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation of university students majoring in contemporary dance. The subject was a population of 250 university students during the period of time October 17, 2016 to November 26, 2016. The data on 212 students were used for actual analyses and data were processed with SPSS 18.0 for Window and Amos 18.0 for correlation analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation model(SEM). The results of the analysis were as follows: First, perceived autonomy support had positive effects on basic psychological needs. Second, basic psychological needs had positive effects on intrinsic motivation. Third, perceived autonomy support had positive effects on intrinsic motivation.