Antonio José Pérez Cortés

Clima motivacional percibido hacia el deporte en estudiantes universitarios de educación física [Perceived Motivational Climate Toward Sport in University Physical Education Students]

espanolEl clima motivacional hacia el deporte, a traves de la teoria de las metas de logro, representa uno de los factores psicosociales mas estudiados en la practica deportiva y en la docencia de la educacion fisica, pues determinadas orientaciones podran constituir estilos de vida activos mas saludables. El presente estudio, realizado en una muestra de 490 estudiantes universitarios que cursan grado en Educacion primaria, tiene como objetivo definir el clima motivacional hacia el deporte, asi como establecer relaciones segun el sexo y el tipo de poblacion. Como instrumentos se empleo el cuestionario PMCSQ-2 (Newton, Duda, & Yin, 2000) y un cuestionario ad hoc para variables de tipo sociodemografico. Se obtuvieron diferencias estadisticamente significativas en las dos dimensiones del clima motivacional segun el sexo de los estudiantes, determinando que el clima tarea era mas elevado en las mujeres y el clima ego en los hombres. Asimismo, se mostraron asociaciones estadisticas en todos sus factores excepto para el esfuerzo/mejora. Segun el tipo de poblacion, se revelo que los estudiantes universitarios que residian en poblaciones urbanas mostraban mayores puntuaciones en clima ego. EnglishThe motivational climate toward sport, through the theory of goal achievement, is one of the psychosocial factors studied the most in sports practice and in teaching physical education, since certain orientations may be more active, healthier lifestyles. The purpose of this study, which was performed on a sample of 490 university students who are doing the Primary Education degree course, is to define the motivational climate toward sport, as well as to establish relations according to the sex and type of town. The instruments used were the PMCSQ-2 questionnaire (Newton, Duda, & Yin, 2000) and an ad hoc questionnaire for sociodemographic variables. Statistically significant differences were found in the two dimensions of motivational climate according to the students’ sex, revealing that the task climate was higher in women and the ego climate in men. Likewise, statistical associations were found in all the factors except for the effort/improvement factor. By kind of town, it was revealed that the university students who live in urban areas showed higher scores on the ego climate

Análisis de los comportamientos sedentarios, práctica de actividad física y uso de videojuegos en adolescentes

The increase in sedentary behaviors in todays society are one of the major health problems of the XXI century, exacerbated by the increasing use and incorporation into the daily life of new technologies and increased abandonment of the sport. It has set itself the objective of determining sedentary behaviors and digital entertainment in a population of students of Primary, Secondary and University, as well as establish possible relationships between variables. This study involved 155 students aged 10 to 28 years (M = 15.75 years, SD = 4.420), with a descriptive and cross-sectional design, answered a questionnaire containing items, physical sports and leisure sociodemographic digital. The main results we can say that most of the subjects watch television less than two hours a day; half of the sample not practical physical activity, finding that in higher stage a decrease is seen in practice with respect to the other stages; Elementary students spend more time playing video games than in secondary and university stages. All these data indicate we need to implement programs to promote regular physical activity to the detriment of sedentary behaviors.