The leadership practices exhibited by physical education teachers have been found to have a significant impact on promoting students' learning. The main purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between physical education teachers' transformational leadership and middle school students' expectancy-value and intrinsic motivation. To conduct this study, a total of 295 middle school students participated in this study through a convenience sampling technique, and 262 questionnaires were used for the data analyses. Data collected were analyzed by descriptive, and multiple regression. According to regression analyses, transformational leadership had a positive impact on students' expectancy-value and intrinsic motivation. Additionally, based on multiple regression, intellectual stimulation was a common factor that positively affected students' expectancy-value and intrinsic motivation. The results of the study supported the importance of transformational leadership that affects middle school students' intrinsic motivation and expectancy-value in physical education. It is recommended that physical education teachers be able to understand and display appropriate leadership, in particular transformational leadership.
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