. This article was an overview of a qualitative study done in Northern Greece, which focused on the factors that cause some students to lack intrinsic motivation when it comes to participating in P.E. at school. The students that were interviewed were twelve to fifteen years totaling two-hundred and fifty-four students. The researchers found that there are several factors that help explain why some students are more intrinsically motivated in their P.E. classes than their peers. For instance, they found that if the students felt more competent in their athletic abilities, had more self-determination, and focused on self-improvement they generally had more intrinsic motivation to participate in P.E. In addition, the researchers found that social-emotional factors such as the climate of the P.E. class, teaching styles, physical appearance, and the amount of adult encouragement made a difference in how students are intrinsically motivated. Overall, this study found that students' intrinsic motivations to participate and excel in P.E. are often related to the social environment as well as the individual differences each student has within them.