El papel del profesor en la motivación y la salud mental de los estudiantes de educación física
Resumen Introducción. La teoría de la autodeterminación sugiere que los sujetos con regulaciones autónomas mostrarán mayores niveles de funcionamiento óptimo que aquellos con regulaciones controladoras. Asimismo, la teoría ha defendido la importancia que tienen los factores sociales en los procesos motivacionales. En el contexto educativo, uno de los factores sociales que tiene un papel importante en la motivación de los estudiantes es el estilo interpersonal que utiliza el profesor cuando brinda instrucciones; por tanto, aquellos ambientes que fomenten la motivación autónoma serán importantes para el desarrollo óptimo y la salud mental de los estudiantes. Objetivo. Examinar si el grado en …
Grit, Self-Efficacy, Motivation and the Readiness to Change Index Toward Exercise in the Adult Population.
This study examined the relationships between grit personality, self-efficacy, motivation (autonomous, controlled, and amotivation), and the readiness to change index toward exercise. Participants were 391 adults aged between 18 and 64 years old (M= 31.16;SD= 12.45) from Hermosillo, Sonora (Mexico) who completed questionnaires (i.e., the Grit Personality Scale, the Exercise Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire and the Stages of Change Questionnaire for Physical Activity) measuring the variables of interest. The reliability of the instruments was tested using Cronbach's alpha, whereas confirmatory factor analyses were performed for each instrument separate…
Validation of the Grit Scale and the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ) in the Mexican context
espanolResumen La ausencia de instrumentos validos para medir variables relacionadas con las conductas saludables en Mexico, nos lleva al objetivo de adaptar y validar al idioma espanol hablado en Mexico la escala Grit y el cuestionario de autorregulacion del tratamiento (TSRQ) de la dieta, y explorar la relacion entre el Grit y la motivacion hacia la alimentacion saludable como evidencia de validez. 353 adultos del estado de Nuevo Leon respondieron a la escala Grit adaptada al espanol conformada por 12 items distribuidos en dos factores (consistencia del interes y perseverancia del esfuerzo) y al TSRQ adaptada al espanol compuesto por 15 items en tres factores (motivacion autonoma, motivac…
Grit y motivación como predictores de las etapas de cambio hacia el control de peso en una población adulta
Given the increasing percentage of overweight and obesity worldwide, weight control is a primary health-promoting behaviour. Integrating Grit personality, self-determination theory, and the transtheoretical model of change, this study evaluates Grit personality and motivation as psychological antecedents of the stages of change towards weight control. A total of 1351 Mexican adults between 18 and 65 years of age completed a packet of questionnaires on the variables of interest. The results showed that Grit personality was positively and significantly related to the maintenance, action, preparation, and contemplation stages, and negatively and significantly related to the precontemplation st…
Coaches’ Corrective Feedback, Psychological Needs, and Subjective Vitality in Mexican Soccer Players
In the sport context, an essential aspect of an athlete’s development and performance happens during the interaction with the coach while receiving information on the aspects of performance that need to be modified (corrective feedback). Grounded in the Self-Determination Theory and particularly on the basic psychological needs theory, a structural equation model (SEM) was tested with the following sequence: perception of the amount of corrective feedback generated by the coach, perceived legitimacy of corrective feedback, satisfaction of basic psychological needs, and vitality in soccer players. Additionally, simple mediation and serial (double) mediation models were also tested. Participa…
The Father in Youth Baseball: A Self-Determination Theory Approach
This study based on the self-determination theory aims to examine the relationship among the aspirations that fathers have about their children’s youth baseball practice, the children’s basic psychological needs (satisfaction and frustration), and their intentions to either continue or drop out of baseball practice in a sample of children from Hermosillo, Mexico. A cross-sectional study was carried out involving 533 fathers (M = 44.30, SD = 5.18) and 533 children (M = 13.09, SD = 1.68). The results showed that the intrinsic aspirations of fathers were positively correlated to the satisfaction of the children’s psychological needs, whereas the extrinsic aspirations of fathers were positively…
Motivational Regulations Across the Stages of Change for Exercise in the General Population of Monterrey (Mexico)
Few studies have examined exercise adherence in the Mexican population using self-determination theory proposals and the stages of change model. The objectives of this study were:(a) to translate and adapt the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-3 (BREQ-3) to Mexican Spanish and examine its internal consistency and factorial structure (six dimensions); and (b) to analyse variations in behavioral regulations using the stages of change model. This study included 530 participants between 11 and 76 years old who lived in the metropolitan area of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The Mexican version of the BREQ-3 presented an acceptable six-factor model that agrees with the …
Creencias implícitas y orientaciones de meta de jugadoras mexicanas de sóftbol elite (Implicit beliefs and goal orientations in Mexican elite softball players)
Dentro del contexto deportivo, las personas pueden presentar dos tipos de creencias implicitas sobre la habilidad deportiva, creencias incremental y de entidad, las cuales tienen un papel importante en la conformacion de las orientaciones de meta cuando practican deporte. Hasta la fecha no se conocen estudios con poblacion mexicana que hayan examinado la relacion entre las creencias implicitas y las orientaciones de meta. El objetivo del presente estudio consistio en examinar las creencias implicitas sobre la habilidad y las orientaciones de meta en una muestra de jugadoras de softbol de maximo nivel competitivo de Mexico. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 71 jugadoras de softbol ( M edad = 2…