Fierro Suero, SebastiánAlmagro Torres, Bartolomé JesúsSáenz-López Buñuel, PedroCarmona Márquez, José2020-10-142020-10-142020-06Fierro Suero, S., Almagro Torres, B. J., Sáenz-López Buñuel, P., & Carmona Márquez, J. (2020). Perceived Novelty Support and Psychological Needs Satisfaction in Physical Education. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11), 4169. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph171141691660-4601http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18893In recent years, novelty has been proposed as a potential fourth basic psychological need. In the present study, the behavior of novelty resulting from support from the Physical Education teacher was evaluated in 723 students with an average age of 13.30 years old. The first objective was to validate the Support for Basic Psychological Needs-4 (SBPN-4) in Physical Education questionnaire, which included support for the novelty factor. The second objective was to test the mediation model in order to confirm the effect of support for novelty in relation to basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation. The results obtained show that the Support for Basic Psychological Needs-4 (SBPN-4) questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool. On the other hand, support for novelty predicts satisfaction of basic psychological needs, particularly novelty satisfaction, which in turn predicts intrinsic motivation. These results show how the students are capable of perceiving the teacher’s support for novelty and how this positively influences their intrinsic motivation. Further investigations are required to continue developing our knowledge of the role of novelty as a basic psychological need.engAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/Self-determinationSecondary educationMotivationNovelty supportSocial factorsValidationPsychometric propertiesjournal article10.3390/ijerph17114169open access