An Exploratory Model of Psychosocial Factors and Healthy Habits in University Students of Physical Education Depending on Gender
(1) Background: Several researches have shown the relationship between healthy habits and physical and mental health. Thus, it is essential to study how some psychosocial factors can promote positive behaviours in university students, specifically in those who will be teachers of Physical Education....
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| author | Chacón Cuberos, Ramón Zurita Ortega, Félix Olmedo Moreno, Eva María Padial Ruz, Rosario Castro Sánchez, Manuel |
| author_facet | Chacón Cuberos, Ramón Zurita Ortega, Félix Olmedo Moreno, Eva María Padial Ruz, Rosario Castro Sánchez, Manuel |
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| description | (1) Background: Several researches have shown the relationship between healthy habits and physical and mental health. Thus, it is essential to study how some psychosocial factors can promote positive behaviours in university students, specifically in those who will be teachers of Physical Education. (2) Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional research was conducted on 775 university students of Physical Education from Spain. This study aims to develop an explanatory model for the relationships between motivational climate, healthy habits (Mediterranean Diet (MD), Physical Activity (PA) and substance consumption) and some indicators of physical health (oxygen consumption (VO2MAX)) and mental health (self-concept) according to gender, using structural equations analysis. (3) Results: The motivational climate was positively associated with PA, showing a stronger relationship for ego-oriented climate in women. The adherence to MD showed a positive association with PA and self-concept, while it is negative for the consumption of tobacco in men. Likewise, PA was directly related to VO2MAX with a higher regression weight for women. The ego-oriented motivational climate was negatively related to tobacco consumption in women. (4) Conclusions: Task-oriented goals are related to more positive and healthy behaviours such as PA, although it was no association was found with MD. Therefore, we can conclude the importance of promoting task-oriented goals in educational contexts linked to Physical Education in order to avoid negative behaviours. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-74982023-04-12T19:12:26Z An Exploratory Model of Psychosocial Factors and Healthy Habits in University Students of Physical Education Depending on Gender Chacón Cuberos, Ramón Zurita Ortega, Félix Olmedo Moreno, Eva María Padial Ruz, Rosario Castro Sánchez, Manuel motivational climate Mediterranean diet physical activity substance abuse maximum oxygen consumption self-concept (1) Background: Several researches have shown the relationship between healthy habits and physical and mental health. Thus, it is essential to study how some psychosocial factors can promote positive behaviours in university students, specifically in those who will be teachers of Physical Education. (2) Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional research was conducted on 775 university students of Physical Education from Spain. This study aims to develop an explanatory model for the relationships between motivational climate, healthy habits (Mediterranean Diet (MD), Physical Activity (PA) and substance consumption) and some indicators of physical health (oxygen consumption (VO2MAX)) and mental health (self-concept) according to gender, using structural equations analysis. (3) Results: The motivational climate was positively associated with PA, showing a stronger relationship for ego-oriented climate in women. The adherence to MD showed a positive association with PA and self-concept, while it is negative for the consumption of tobacco in men. Likewise, PA was directly related to VO2MAX with a higher regression weight for women. The ego-oriented motivational climate was negatively related to tobacco consumption in women. (4) Conclusions: Task-oriented goals are related to more positive and healthy behaviours such as PA, although it was no association was found with MD. Therefore, we can conclude the importance of promoting task-oriented goals in educational contexts linked to Physical Education in order to avoid negative behaviours. 2020-01-17T08:19:03Z 2020-01-17T08:19:03Z 2018-11-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7498 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/11/2430 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | motivational climate Mediterranean diet physical activity substance abuse maximum oxygen consumption self-concept Chacón Cuberos, Ramón Zurita Ortega, Félix Olmedo Moreno, Eva María Padial Ruz, Rosario Castro Sánchez, Manuel An Exploratory Model of Psychosocial Factors and Healthy Habits in University Students of Physical Education Depending on Gender |
| title | An Exploratory Model of Psychosocial Factors and Healthy Habits in University Students of Physical Education Depending on Gender |
| title_full | An Exploratory Model of Psychosocial Factors and Healthy Habits in University Students of Physical Education Depending on Gender |
| title_fullStr | An Exploratory Model of Psychosocial Factors and Healthy Habits in University Students of Physical Education Depending on Gender |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Exploratory Model of Psychosocial Factors and Healthy Habits in University Students of Physical Education Depending on Gender |
| title_short | An Exploratory Model of Psychosocial Factors and Healthy Habits in University Students of Physical Education Depending on Gender |
| title_sort | exploratory model of psychosocial factors and healthy habits in university students of physical education depending on gender |
| topic | motivational climate Mediterranean diet physical activity substance abuse maximum oxygen consumption self-concept |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/7498 |
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