The Mediating Role of the Students' Autonomy Motivation in the Relationship between Physical Education Teachers' Autonomy Support and Reducing Students' Fear of Failure

The purpose of this research was the mediating role of student autonomy motivation in the relationship between physical education teachers’ autonomy support and reducing students' fear of failure. The research method is correlational and is in the category of applied research. The statistical population of the research included all male students of the second secondary school in Tehran. The research sample size of 384 people was randomly selected. The tools used in the research were three standard questionnaires: autonomy motivation Hager et al (2007), perception of autonomy support by Black and Deci (2007), and fear of failure Conroy et al (2002). To analyze the data, the structural equation model was used. The most important results showed that physical education teacher autonomy support has a direct and positive effect on students' autonomy motivation. Fear of failure plays a mediating role in the relationship between physical education teachers' autonomy support and students' autonomy motivation. Therefore, physical education teachers can; Use autonomy-supportive behaviors to motivate students to make choices in decision-making and thus be successful in reducing the fear of failure to engage in physical activities.