The Role of Passion and Affect in Adolescents' Basketball Participation: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective

This study aims to examine adolescent basketball participation through the lens of Self-Determination Theory (SDT), focusing on the roles of passion (harmonious and obsessive) and affect (positive and negative), with gender and age as moderators. We collected data from 429 Chinese adolescents from south of China (M age = 15.20, SD = 1.99) using the Passion Scale and PANAS Scale. Structural equation modeling (SEM) tested hypothesized pathways, with measurement invariance and moderation analyses conducted in Mplus.