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- Students’ Attitudes and Motivational Climate in Physical Education: Implications for Engagement in Community Youth SportPublication . Pereira, Paulo Alberto da Silva; Marinho, Daniel AlmeidaThe physical activity carried out by students in Physical Education classes is insufficient to meet the recommendations recommended by the World Health Organization. Therefore, it is essential that young people practice extracurricular physical activities in their free time and persist in this practice after compulsory schooling, (i.e., when they no longer have the Physical Education subject). Hence, one of the objectives of this discipline must be to promote the acquisition of active lifestyles. Students' attitudes towards Physical Education and the motivational climate in Physical Education classes seem to be key variables in the reasons for practicing sports. However, there are few studies that have analyzed the relationship between these variables. In this sense, the purpose of this thesis is to analyze the relationships between students' attitudes towards Physical Education, their perception of the motivational climate in the subject's classes and their reasons for practicing sporting activities in extracurricular contexts. Findings showcase the following: (i) for the most part, students have a moderately positive attitude towards Physical Education; (ii) students’ positive attitudes towards Physical Education differ depending on their school year and gender; (iii) a more positive attitude towards Physical Education facilitates a better grade in this discipline; (iv) students perceive Physical Education classes more as mastery-oriented than performance-oriented; (v) school year and socioeconomic status seem to influence perceptions towards the motivational climate in Physical Education; (vi) perceiving the climate in Physical Education as masteryoriented and a positive attitude towards Physical Education are positive predictors of engaging in community youth sport programming; (vii) a mastery-oriented climate in Physical Education influences grades in Physical Education; (viii) the Portuguese versions of the SAtPE, EPCM and SMS II have appropriate psychometric properties in terms of reliability and validity and can enable scholars to assess the variables at stake in secondary schools within the Portuguese context. Taken together, these findings can pave the way for quality Physical Education programming and for conducting additional research within this line of inquiry.