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Physical education (PE) is an important educational context that promotes positive youth development and fosters the psychological and behavioral competencies necessary for lifelong health and well-being. In particular, life skills have been recognized as key factors that support self-management, social adaptation, maintenance of healthy behaviors, and sustained participation in physical activity. According to Self-Determination Theory, psychological need satisfaction is considered a fundamental psychological resource for positive adaptation and healthy development. However, limited research has examined the reciprocal longitudinal relationships between psychological need satisfaction and life skills within the context of PE. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the reciprocal longitudinal relationships between psychological need satisfaction and life skills among middle school students participating in PE classes. To achieve this purpose, data were collected from 652 middle school students across three waves during one academic year. A Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model (RI-CLPM) was employed to distinguish stable between-person differences from within-person changes and to examine the longitudinal reciprocal relationships between psychological need satisfaction and life skills. The findings indicated that increases in psychological need satisfaction significantly predicted subsequent improvements in life skills across both time intervals (T1→T2 and T2 →T3). In contrast, life skills did not significantly predict later psychological need satisfaction during the initial interval (T1→T2); however, a positive delayed effect emerged from T2 to T3. These findings suggest that psychological need satisfaction functions as an important psychological foundation for the development of life skills, while sustained engagement in positive life skill-related behaviors may gradually enhance psychological need satisfaction over time. Overall, the results highlight that need-supportive PE environments that foster students’ autonomy, competence, and relatedness can play an important role in promoting not only life skills development but also positive health behaviors and psychosocial adaptation. Therefore, PE should be considered a preventive and educational rehabilitation context that supports healthy youth development and long-term engagement in physical activity.

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• Woo-Young Joo [ Institute of Sports Science, Pukyong National University, Korea ]
• JI-eun Yu [ Department of Sport and Exercise Science, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Korea ] Corresponding Author

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• 간행물명

  한국운동재활학회 학술대회

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  부정기

• 수록기간

  2011~2026

• 십진분류

  KDC 517 DDC 613