| ABSTRCT | This study was purposed to investigate the relationships among hope, confidence, 2 × 2 goal orientations and performance in physical education (PE) class, as well as the predictions of hope, confidence, 2 × 2 goal orientations on physical education performance among college students. Total one hundred and thirty-nine college students (103 males, 36 females, aged 20.29 ± 1.81 years) were participated in this study. All the participants were chosen from tennis and table tennis PE classes. Subjects were asked to write a battery of scales included hope, confidence, 2 × 2 goal orientations and self-evaluated performance. In the results we found positive correlations with performance evaluated by students and teachers, and sport confidence had a positive correlation with performance evaluated by students. For 2 × 2 goal orientations, only mastery-approach goal was positively correlated with performance evaluated by teachers, whereas, other goals had no correlations with performance evaluated by students and teachers. A positive correlation was found between performance evaluated by students, and performance evaluated by teachers. Second, hope, sport confidence and mastery-avoidance goal were effectively positive predictors of performance evaluated by students. However hope was only the predictor of performance evaluated by teachers. These results conclude that there was a positive correlation among hope, confidence and sport performance. Hope could predict performance evaluated by students and teachers, but the relationships between 2 × 2 goal orientations and sport performance is not clear in this research, only mastery-avoidance goal could predict the performance evaluated by students. |