Author(s): WANG, C.M., LIN, M.S., LU, Y.F., Institution: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY, Country: TAIWAN, Abstract-ID: 302

Introduction
In recent years’ individual responsibility has become a popular topic in sport education, providing students self-responsibility. Universities in Taiwan has a mandatory PE Course of 2 hours per week. Students may complete the four semester pe course during any of their four years in university. Thus, physical education is crucial for students as it can provide psychological and physical benefits. With the use of the empowering motivational climate from Duda et al. (2013), the current study aims to understand the relationship of psychological needs between self-responsibility among physical education students.
Methods
The study consists of 510 University students in Taiwan after elimination of invalid response 501 questionaires were used in the study. This study consist of 210 male and 291 female participants, with an average age of 18.86..The current research recruited to participate in the study, with the use of structural equation modeling with the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and the test for reliability to examine consistency and validity including the test of association between the variables.
Results
The analysis showed that Structural equation modeling was implemented to verify the model fit of empowerment motivational, and self-responsibility. The study model validated that relatedness was positively related to respect (β = 0.43 ***); relatedness was positively related to hard word (β = 0.45 ***) relatedness was also positively related to self-direction (β = 0.80 ***).Competence was negatively related to respect (β = -0.12 **); Competence was positively related to hard word (β = 0.2 *); Competence was positively related to self-direction (β = 0.22 **); Moreover, autonomy was was positively related to respect (β = 0.28 **); autonomy was was positively related to hard work (β = 0.24 **);and autonomy was was positively related to self-direction (β = 0.25 **). Discussion
Teachers providing an empowering motivational climate had a positive relationship with self-respect promoting more motivation and reflecting higher self responsibility behaviors. An empowering motivational climate has a positive relationship on hard work. This study establishes a causal relationship between empowering motivational climate, psychological needs, and individual responsibility, it is suggested that teachers, should implement empowering motivational climate in physical education classes, allowing student to feel related is one of the keys to bringing positivity, it can enhance strategies to build an empowering climate, which can meet psychological needs, and promote individual responsibility behaviors.