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This study conducts a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the concepts ‘physical edu- cation’ and ‘anxiety’ (PHYEDU_ANX) in the Web of Science (WoS) database. Background/Objectives: No previous biblio- metric studies were found that addressed this intersection, so this research is a pioneering exploration of this knowledge gap. The aim of the study is to examine the presence of both concepts in the scientific literature, identifying their trends, approaches, and future prospects. Methods: For this purpose, the methodology of co-word analysis was used. Results: The results of the study show that research on PHYEDU and ANX has traditionally focused on three main areas: motivation, exercise, and depression. In this first period, the focus was on the problem (ANX, depression…), Conclusions: whereas nowadays, research focuses on the subjects who suffer from it, mainly adolescents and students. The study suggests that future research in this field will focus on the areas of satisfaction, intervention, and association. This research also answers questions relevant to the field, such as which institutions or countries are the most prolific publishers of PHYEDU_ANX, as well as the most cited authors in this area of study.

Guided by the bright and dark side described in Self-Determination Theory, and following hierarchical and integrative conceptualisation of motivational climates, the primary objective of this research was to test the predictive relationships between pre-service teachers' perceptions of educator-created (dis-)empowering climates and need-based and novelty-based experiences with their academic self-concept. Bearing in mind that the pre-service teachers' academic self-concept might vary depending on the knowledge domain, a secondary objective was to test invariance in the predictive model across the four knowledge domains (i.e. STEM, social studies, language, and physical education). The convenience sample included 1,410 pre-service secondary teachers (40.30% men; M[subscript age] = 23.85; SD[subscript age] = 5.13; domain: 23.2% STEM, 24.8% social studies, 30.5% language, and 21.4% physical education) who participated in this cross-sectional study. The results from the structural equation modelling showed positive relationships between an educator-created empowering climate and need and novelty satisfaction, and negative relationships with need and novelty frustration. A disempowering climate was positively associated with need and novelty frustration, and negatively related to novelty satisfaction. Need satisfaction and novelty satisfaction were positively associated with academic self-concept, while need frustration and novelty frustration were associated negatively. The paths were invariant across the knowledge domains of STEM, social studies, language, and physical education. The results show that, regardless of the knowledge domain, the educator-created motivational climate represents a differential social-contextual factor explaining the need-based and novelty-based experiences, and academic self-concept of pre-service teachers throughout their initial teacher education programme.

Introducción. La motivación y la inteligencia emocional son claves en la educación actual. La motivación impulsa la acción intencionada y la inteligencia emocional reduce la frustración, mejorando la consecución de los objetivos educativos. Los objetivos del estudio fueron describir y determinar la relación entre el nivel de motivación autodeterminada y la inteligencia emocional de los estudiantes de secundaria en las clases de educación física y comprobar si existen diferencias en función del género y edad. Método. Participaron en el estudio un total de 607 estudiantes de entre 12 y 18 años (M = 14,911; DT = .1,46) de tres centros educativos de la Región de Murcia. A los participantes se les administró la adaptación española de la Sport Motivation Scale-II adaptada a la Educación Física para medir el nivel de motivación y la versión española de la Trait Meta-Mood Scale para medir la inteligencia emocional percibida. Resultados. Se demostró que los tipos de motivación más autodeterminados correlacionaban positivamente con las dimensiones de la inteligencia emocional (atención, claridad y reparación). Los chicos tenían medias más altas que las chicas en todas las formas de motivación excepto en amotivación, y también mostraban valores más altos en claridad emocional, mientras que las chicas tenían medias más altas en atención emocional. Discusión. Los resultados son alentadores para esta asignatura, ya que según los resultados y siguiendo la literatura, la mayoría de los alumnos disfrutan aprendiendo y participando en clase, a pesar de las diferencias de edad. Mientras que los chicos muestran una mayor comprensión de su relevancia y beneficios, lo que les motiva a participar más activamente para disfrutar, las chicas tienden a prestar más atención a sus emociones. En conclusión, es necesario promover una mayor motivación interna para mejorar la inteligencia emocional en los estudiantes de educación secundaria, especialmente en las chicas.

The objective of this research was to analyze the mediation of academic engagement and the satisfaction of basic needs between teaching styles and academic confidence amongst teachers during initial training. The research design was observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, and non-randomized. In total, 920 university students in initial teacher training participated (61.85% women) (M[subscript age] = 24.73; SD = 5.34). The scales of interpersonal teaching styles, the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, academic engagement, and academic confidence were used, and a structural equation analysis with latent variables was carried out. The results highlight the important mediating role played by the satisfaction of basic psychological needs between the autonomous support style and the academic confidence of the trainee teachers. This research also highlights the importance, both for teachers and researchers, of using an autonomous support style, as well as the creation of a context for encouraging the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, to promote academic confidence in initial teacher training programs at university.

Ischemic heart disease continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. Nowadays, research is focusing on the role of the brain-heart axis in autonomic nervous system balance. Resting heart rate variability (HRV) could help to identify the readiness of ischemic patients to achieve cardiac rehabilitation exercise stimulus in a safer manner. The objectives of the study were i) to analyze the resting HRV in ischemic cardiopathy, determining whether it was below or within its normal range, and ii) to identify the effect of the psychophysiological parameters of age, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, cardiorespiratory fitness, and quality of life. This was a cross-sectional study of patients affected by ischemic cardiopathy. The patients were divided into the nonNormal-HRV or Normal-HRV group according to their normal resting HRV. The HRV temporal and frequency domains were recorded along with heart rate and blood pressure, BMI, cardiorespiratory fitness and auto-perception. The sample comprised men with an average age of 58.64±9.54 years. In total, 43.92% were below their normal resting-HRV range. They were older (P

The aims of this study were: (i) to provide evidence of reliability and validity regarding the dimensionality of the Spanish version of two correlated subscales measuring Academic Self-Concept (ASC); (ii) to analyze factorial invariance according to sex and the educational level; (iii) to analyze a higher-order model from the two ASC subscales; and (iv) to study the predictive relationship of the ASC to academic engagement. An observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was designed in which 681 undergraduate university students (M[subscript age] = 24.55; SD[subscript age] = 5.35) (58% girls) and students of the Master's in Teacher Education participated. The scale's psychometric properties were analyzed using different exploratory and confirmatory analyses demonstrating that this instrument with two correlated factors (academic confidence and academic effort) is valid, reliable, and invariant in terms of gender and academic level. Higher-order factors from the two correlated factors showed an excellent goodness-of-fit. A regression model with latent variables was conducted showing a higher and positive prediction of academic self-concept for the two factors of academic engagement (willingness to study and satisfaction with studies). The ASC has shown itself to be a valid and reliable instrument for use with Spanish university students and may be of special interest, both to teachers and to the students themselves, as it allows us to reflect on the importance of developing confidence and effort during the students' academic lives.

For decades, the thin body ideal has been the prevailing female standard of beauty, while the mesomorphic body ideal has been the accepted male standard of beauty in Western culture. More recently it has been found that these ideals can be adopted either by both male and female individuals. However, there is scarce research examining a dual body image pathway involving both ideals in young female and male individuals. By employing a 3-wave longitudinal questionnaire survey over 2 years and a structural equation approach, the present study examined the influence of sociocultural pressures to be thin and mesomorphic on strategies oriented toward modifying body shape and weight in a sample of early adolescent boys and girls, while also considering the mediating role of internalization of these two body ideals in such a relationship. Based on a non-randomly sample recruited from primary and secondary schools, the results of the path analysis model showed that internalization of both ideals, and their two corresponding body change strategies, were predicted by perceived sociocultural pressures towards the thin ideal (in girls) and the mesomorphic ideal (in boys). The findings from the present study suggest that the type of body ideal involved in the perceived sociocultural pressures to attain these beauty standards may play a gender-differentiated role, both in endorsing these ideals and in the strategies that early adolescent boys and girls use to achieve them., Author(s): Álvaro Sicilia [sup.1] , Antonio Granero-Gallegos [sup.1] , Manuel Alcaraz-Ibáñez [sup.1] , Isabel Sánchez-Gallardo [sup.2] , Jesús Medina-Casaubón [sup.2] Author Affiliations: (1) https://ror.org/003d3xx08, grid.28020.38, 0000 0001 0196 9356, Health [...]

Building upon self-determination theory, the objective of this research was to examine the predictive associations of pre-service physical education (PE) teachers' basic psychological need satisfaction (i.e., autonomy, competence, relatedness, and novelty) with their academic engagement via the quality of their motivation. A purposive sample of 920 pre-service PE teachers (569 men and 351 women; M[subscript age] = 24.73; SD = 5.34) participated in this cross-sectional research. The results from structural equation modeling revealed that autonomy, competence, and novelty satisfaction positively predicted autonomous motivation, and negatively predicted amotivation. While competence satisfaction positively predicted controlled motivation, novelty satisfaction did it negatively. Autonomous motivation and controlled motivation positively predicted academic engagement, while amotivation was negatively associated with it. This research underscores the importance of considering pre-service PE teachers' autonomy, competence, and, specially, novelty satisfaction in promoting their autonomous motivation and academic engagement in initial teacher education program.

The aim of this study was to analyse the differentiated role played by academic self-concept on teacher identity, taking into account the mediating role of teacher efficacy and the gender of the pre-service physical-education teachers. In this cross-sectional study, 478 master’s degree students in Secondary Education Teacher Training participated (Mean = 27.09; SD = 6.32; 54.8% male, 44.8% female, 0.4% other). The following scales were used: academic self-concept, teaching identity, and teacher self-efficacy. After finding significant differences in academic effort, a structural equation analysis (SEM) with the multigroup option was conducted to answer the research objective. The results revealed that the women had significantly higher mean academic effort values than the men. In addition, the SEM, which showed excellent fit indices, revealed that, for the men, teacher efficacy acted as a mediating variable between academic confidence and teacher identity. In contrast, for the women, teacher efficacy acted as a mediator between academic effort and teacher identity. However, academic effort also acted as a direct predictor of teacher identity in male pre-service teachers. As a main conclusion, it can be said that the findings highlight the importance of academic self-concept in undertaking the master’s degree by increasing teacher identity through the teaching efficacy of pre-service teacher educators.

The aim of this study was to provide evidence of the validity and reliability of the dimensionality of the Spanish adaptation of two correlated subscales to assess motivational climate in the university education context: Mastery motivational climate and performance motivational climate. Two different studies with cross-sectional design and different samples of university students were used to accomplish this research (Study 1: 181 students, mean age = 20.83, SD = 1.76; Study 2: 354 students, mean age = 21.84; SD = 1.98). In Study 1, Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling, Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and reliability analysis of the scale were conducted. In Study 2, CFA, reliability analysis, discriminant validity, temporal stability, factorial invariance across gender, and nomological validity were managed through a regression model measuring the relationships between democratic and autocratic behavior, mastery climate, and performance climate. The final version of the Motivational Climate in Education Scale showed acceptable goodness of fit and values of discriminant validity, reliability, temporal stability, and invariance across gender. According to its nomological validity, democratic behavior was shown to be a statistically significant predictor of mastery climate, and the teacher's autocratic behavior was shown to be a statistically significant predictor of performance climate. This scale is a valid and reliable instrument to assess mastery climate and performance climate in the Spanish university educational context.

El tiempo de compromiso motor (TCM) es una de las variables más estudiadas en la asignatura de Educación Física (EF). Su importancia es cada vez mayor, especialmente en la actualidad debido a los niveles de inactividad física y sedentarismo de niños y adolescentes. El objetivo de esta investigación es conocer cómo se está llevando a cabo la implantación de AICLE en las sesiones de EF, gracias al cuestionario CESEFA, y como afecta la introducción de un nuevo idioma (L2) en el TCM de la asignatura. Para ello, se ha realizado la grabación de 30 sesiones de EF con diferentes docentes tanto bilingües (n=11) como monolingües (n=19) para posteriormente comparar la información obtenida mediante estadísticos descriptivos y de contraste (ANOVA). Los resultados muestran una reducción significativa del 11.4% de TCM de los grupos bilingües respecto a los grupos monolingües. Además, la implantación de AICLE en las sesiones de EF debe mejorar considerablemente puesto que presenta valores relativamente bajos. Por último, es necesario resaltar la importancia de la formación metodológica especifica en el profesorado bilingüe para poder desarrollar su labor docente dentro de unos criterios de calidad.

El estilo interpersonal docente juega un importante papel en la actitud y motivación del alumnado, y aunque el sistema educativo actual sugiere la utilización de estilos más centrados en el estudiante, en la Educación Física (EF) se siguen utilizando principalmente estilos tradicionales. El objetivo fue analizar la relación del estilo interpersonal controlador por parte del docente y la motivación del estudiante en el contexto de las clases de EF. Se realizó una búsqueda en WOS, Ebsco, Scopus y Cochrane teniendo en consideración los diferentes criterios de inclusión especificados en el documento. Se identificaron cuarenta y dos publicaciones, de las cuales se seleccionaron seis que cumplieron los criterios de elegibilidad establecidos. Se concluyó que la adopción por parte del docente de un estilo interpersonal controlador está estrechamente relacionada con las formas menos autodeterminadas de la motivación, generando en las clases un ambiente negativo condicionado por la falta de autonomía del alumnado, por lo que se sugiere la adopción de metodologías más innovadoras y activas centradas en el alumnado.

The aim of this research is to analyze the effect of social interaction anxiety on satisfaction with life mediated by emotional intelligence. The research design was descriptive, cross-sectional, and non-randomized. In total, 1,164 Mexican physical education students participated (Mage = 21.21; SD = 3.26; 30.0% female; 69.6% male; 0.4% other). The scales used were the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale, Trait Meta-Mood Scale and Satisfaction with Life and a structural equation analysis with latent variables was conducted. The results highlight that it can be asserted that emotional clarity and repair had a mediating effect between social interaction anxiety and satisfaction with life, as they did decrease the negative effects of social interaction anxiety on satisfaction with life. In addition, social interaction anxiety had a direct and positive effect on emotional attention and a negative effect on emotional clarity and repair.

In 2016, in the journal of Education, we introduced a theoretical concept known as 'optimal best,' which subsequently led to our extensive research undertakings, theoretically, methodologically, and empirically. Optimal best, in brief, relates to the maximization, or the fullest potential, of a person's state of functioning (e.g., optimal cognitive functioning in mathematics learning for the topic of Geometry). An important premise arising from this research development relates to the promotion and cultivation of optimal best in different subject matters. Academically, for example, our research inquiries have shown that instilling a high level of 'personal resolve' would, in turn, facilitate the successful achievement and experience of optimal best. Advancing our focus of inquiry, we propose a related concept, which we name as 'goals of best practice' (GsBP) for consideration. Goals of best practice, consisting of two major types (i.e., 'goal of actual best' and 'goal of optimal best') may assist to motivate a person to strive for optimal best. Furthermore, coinciding with this proposed concept, we develop a Likert-scale measure, coined as the 'Goals of Best Practice Questionnaire' (GsBPQ), for consideration. Educators and researchers may use the GsBPQ, in this analysis, to facilitate the zone of 'optimal experience' and, by the same token, to negate the zone of 'sub-optimal experience.' Keywords: Goals of Best Practice, Goal of Actual Best, Goal of Optimal Best, Optimization, Optimal Best, Flow, Flourishing, Introduction Achieving a state of optimal best, or optimal functioning, is an interesting area of research in the field of Educational Psychology. In the early 2000s, Fraillon (2004) provided an [...]

The aim of this study was to analyze academic self-efficacy as a mediator between emotional intelligence and academic engagement. A non-experimental, cross-sectional, correlational-causal study was designed in which 1,164 Mexican students participated (Mage = 21.21; SD = 3.26) (30.0% female; 69.6% male; 0.4% other). The scales of emotional intelligence, academic self-efficacy and academic engagement were used, and a structural equation analysis with latent variables was conducted. The results obtained demonstrate that emotional clarity and repair have a positive and direct effect on academic self-efficacy. In addition, emotional repair predicts behavioral and emotional engagement. It was also found that academic self-efficacy is an excellent mediator between emotional clarity and repair, and the dimensions of academic engagement, as it substantially improves behavioral and emotional engagement while decreasing behavioral and emotional disaffection.

La respuesta afectiva aversiva derivada de considerar que el propio cuerpo podría está siendo negativamente evaluado (i. e., la ansiedad físico-social) se considera un importante antecedente de diversas consecuencias de salud. No obstante, la conexión entre las presiones socioculturales que orientan hacia los ideales corporales occidentales preponderantes y la ansiedad físico-social permanece hasta la fecha inexplorada. El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar los efectos de la presión sociocultural hacia los ideales de cuerpo delgado y cuerpo mesomórfico percibida desde tres fuentes (i.e., medios de comunicación, familia e iguales) sobre la ansiedad físico-social en una muestra de preadolescentes. Se empleó un diseño longitudinal y una técnica de muestreo no probabilístico accidental. Participaron 651 estudiantes (50.4% chicas) de 12 centros educativos. Se recabaron datos de tipo autoinformado en dos ocasiones separadas por un periodo de doce meses, coincidiendo con los cursos 6º de primaria y 1º de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria. Se testaron diferentes modelos de regresión multinivel (Modelos Lineales de Regresión Mixta). Los resultados mostraron un patrón de influencia diferenciado en función del sexo. La percepción de presión hacia el ideal de cuerpo mesomórfico originada en los medios de comunicación explicaba la ansiedad físico-social en chicos, ocurriendo lo propio en el caso de la percepción de presión hacia el ideal de cuerpo delgado originada en la familia en chicas. Estos hallazgos sugieren que las medidas encaminadas a prevenir la aparición de la ansiedad físico-social en preadolescentes podrían beneficiarse de adoptar una perspectiva diferenciada en función del sexo de las personas destinatarias.

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This study conducts a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the concepts 'physical edu- cation' and 'anxiety' (PHYEDU_ANX) in the Web of Science (WoS) database. Background/Objectives: No previous biblio- metric studies were found that addressed this intersection, so this research is a pioneering exploration of this knowledge gap. The aim of the study is to examine the presence of both concepts in the scientific literature, identifying their trends, approaches, and future prospects. Methods: For this purpose, the methodology of co-word analysis was used. Results: The results of the study show that research on PHYEDU and ANX has traditionally focused on three main areas: motivation, exercise, and depression. In this first period, the focus was on the problem (ANX, depression...), Conclusions: whereas nowadays, research focuses on the subjects who suffer from it, mainly adolescents and students. The study suggests that future research in this field will focus on the areas of satisfaction, intervention, and association. This research also answers questions relevant to the field, such as which institutions or countries are the most prolific publishers of PHYEDU_ANX, as well as the most cited authors in this area of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study of optimal best practice, coinciding with a person’s ‘motivational mindset’, is an interesting research inquiry for development. Optimal best practice, in brief, relates to the maximization of a person’s state of functioning (e.g., cognitive functioning). Moreover, the nature of optimal best practice is positive and motivational, helping individuals to flourish in different courses of action (e.g., academic performance at school). Several research undertakings, non-experimental in design, have provided clear and consistent evidence to substantiate the existing viewpoints and perspectives of optimal best practice. Our proposed investigation, which involved physical education pre-service teacher students from Spain (N = 681), explored one notable focus of inquiry–namely, the formation of optimal best practice and its predictive and explanatory account on future adaptive outcomes. As such, using Likert-scale measures and path analysis techniques, we were able to identify two associative patterns: achievement of optimal best practice is positively accounted for by academic self-concept, optimism, and current best practice and, in contrast, negatively accounted for by pessimism; and that optimal best practice could act as a determinant of academic engagement for effective learning. Such associations are significant, providing relevant information for different teaching and research purposes.

The purpose of this study was to analyse the effect of emotional intelligence between the perception of autonomy support from physical education teachers and self-esteem (positive and negative) in secondary-school physical education students. The study design was observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional. In total, 1069 secondary-school physical education students participated (Mage = 14.55; SD = 1.54) (51.2% female; 48.8% male). The following scales were used: The Learning Climate Questionnaire adapted to Physical Education (i.e., autonomy support), the Trait Meta-Mood Scale-24 (i.e., emotional attention, emotional clarity, and emotional repair), and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (positive self-esteem, negative self-esteem). A structural equation model was performed with the latent variables controlled by age, sex, and the students’ educational centre. The main results indicate that the explained variance was 37% for positive self-esteem and 26% for negative self-esteem. In addition, autonomy support directly predicts emotional intelligence (p < 0.05) and positive self-esteem (p < 0.001). On the other hand, all indirect effects of autonomy support on self-esteem across emotional intelligence were significant at p < 0.001. Finally, emotional clarity and emotional repair had a mediating effect on self-esteem, and it improves the total effect of autonomy support on positive self-esteem with values of β = 0.14 and β = 0.19, respectively, and a value of β = −0.07 and β = −0.06 for negative self-esteem. The findings reveal the necessity to improve emotional clarity and emotional repair in secondary-school students in improving positive self-esteem through the perception of autonomy support from the physical education teacher.

COVID-19 and the resulting confinement has had a great impact on the educational environment. Although research in initial teacher education has focused on studying the factors that lead to increased academic engagement, there is no evidence that examines the role of teacher interpersonal style and motivational classroom in a virtual learning context. The aim of this research was to analyze the mediating role of motivational climate between teacher interpersonal style (i.e., autonomy support and controlling style) and academic engagement climate in pre-service teachers in a resilient context. The research design was observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, and non-randomized. A total of 1,410 university students (pre-service teachers) participated (Mage = 23.85; SD = 5.13) (59.6% female; 40.3% male; 0.1% other). The scales of interpersonal teaching style, classroom motivational climate, academic commitment, and resilience were used, and a structural equation analysis with latent variables was carried out controlling resilience and gender. The results of the structural equation model show the importance of student perception of teacher autonomy support on academic engagement of the pre-service teachers, as well as the mediation of the mastery climate between autonomy support and academic engagement. For this reason, in order to increase academic engagement in pre-service teachers, it is recommended the use of motivating styles and instructional strategies focused on supporting the decision-making process, initiative, and significant learning.

The aim of this study was to analyse the differentiated role played by academic self-concept on teacher identity, taking into account the mediating role of teacher efficacy and the gender of the pre-service physical-education teachers. In this cross-sectional study, 478 master's degree students in Secondary Education Teacher Training participated (Mean = 27.09; SD = 6.32; 54.8% male, 44.8% female, 0.4% other). The following scales were used: academic self-concept, teaching identity, and teacher self-efficacy. After finding significant differences in academic effort, a structural equation analysis (SEM) with the multigroup option was conducted to answer the research objective. The results revealed that the women had significantly higher mean academic effort values than the men. In addition, the SEM, which showed excellent fit indices, revealed that, for the men, teacher efficacy acted as a mediating variable between academic confidence and teacher identity. In contrast, for the women, teacher efficacy acted as a mediator between academic effort and teacher identity. However, academic effort also acted as a direct predictor of teacher identity in male pre-service teachers. As a main conclusion, it can be said that the findings highlight the importance of academic self-concept in undertaking the master's degree by increasing teacher identity through the teaching efficacy of pre-service teacher educators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Guided by the bright and dark side described in Self-Determination Theory, and following hierarchical and integrative conceptualisation of motivational climates, the primary objective of this research was to test the predictive relationships between pre-service teachers' perceptions of educator-created (dis-)empowering climates and need-based and novelty-based experiences with their academic self-concept. Bearing in mind that the pre-service teachers' academic self-concept might vary depending on the knowledge domain, a secondary objective was to test invariance in the predictive model across the four knowledge domains (i.e. STEM, social studies, language, and physical education). The convenience sample included 1,410 pre-service secondary teachers (40.30% men; Mage = 23.85; SDage = 5.13; domain: 23.2% STEM, 24.8% social studies, 30.5% language, and 21.4% physical education) who participated in this cross-sectional study. The results from the structural equation modelling showed positive relationships between an educator-created empowering climate and need and novelty satisfaction, and negative relationships with need and novelty frustration. A disempowering climate was positively associated with need and novelty frustration, and negatively related to novelty satisfaction. Need satisfaction and novelty satisfaction were positively associated with academic self-concept, while need frustration and novelty frustration were associated negatively. The paths were invariant across the knowledge domains of STEM, social studies, language, and physical education. The results show that, regardless of the knowledge domain, the educator-created motivational climate represents a differential social-contextual factor explaining the need-based and novelty-based experiences, and academic self-concept of pre-service teachers throughout their initial teacher education programme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aims were to describe the level of motivation and emotional intelligence of adolescent high school students, as well as to check the differences in both variables, according to the student’s gender. For this purpose, the validated Spanish versions of the “Trait Meta-Mood Scale” and the “Sport Motivation Scale-II” were used. The sample was composed of 464 secondary school students from 12 to 17 years old. The results indicated that most of the students reflected being motivated in a self-determined way in Physical Education classes and possessing adequate values of emotional intelligence. In terms of gender, it isthe boys who achieved the highestvalues ofself-determined motivation and the girls who scored highest in emotional attention.

The aims of this study were: to describe the level of satisfaction of the basic psychological and emotional intelligence needs of adolescent high school students, and to verify the predictive capacity of the first over the second. For this purpose, the validated Spanish versions of the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale and the Trait Meta-Mood Scale were used. The sample was composed of 464 secondary school students from 12 to 17 years old. The results of the descriptive and correlation analysis indicated that the psychological need they felt most satisfied was their relationship with others and that it was the emotional repair dimension that scored highest. On the other hand, through linear regression analysis it was found that the psychological need that was most predictive of basic psychological needs was the relationship with others. The results obtained indicated that people with greater need to relate will tend to develop better emotional intelligence.

The objective of this study was to analyze the mediating role of strategies to maintain classroom discipline between the motivational climate generated by the teacher and the students’ satisfaction with physical education classes. The research design was observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, and non-randomized. In total, 2147 secondary school physical education students participated (Mage = 15.05; SD = 1.45) (male = 1050; female = 1097). A structural equation model was calculated with latent variables controlled by the teacher’s sex and time of service and using the scales of the motivational climate, the teacher’s strategies for maintaining classroom discipline, and the students’ satisfaction with physical education classes. The results from the model highlight the importance of intrinsic strategies in maintaining discipline; these act as a mediator between the motivational climate towards learning and the students’ satisfaction with physical education classes. In addition, the findings reveal the influence of a performance-oriented climate in predicting boredom in a class when the teacher shows an indifference towards maintaining discipline.

El objetivo fue analizar la satisfacción de las necesidades psicológicas básicas en las clases de Educación Física y su relación con la satisfacción con la vida, así como, comprobar las diferencias en función del género y del hábito de práctica físico-deportiva extraescolar. Para ello se respondió a las escalas de las “Necesidades Psicológicas Básicas en el Ejercicio” y de “Satisfacción con la Vida”. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 464 alumnos de secundaria de 12 a 17 años. Los resultados indicaron que la mayoría sintieron satisfechas sus tres necesidades psicológicas básicas, especialmente la relación con los demás. Se demostró una relación positiva entre las necesidades y la satisfacción con la vida. Fueron los chicos los que se sintieron más competentes y con mayor satisfacción con la vida y aquellos que practicaron ejercicio en su tiempo libre afirmaron tener más satisfechas las necesidades psicológicas básicas y una mayor satisfacción con la vida.

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While in task orientation, athletes tend to compare themselves to others in order to evaluate their success, in ego orientation athletes have the ability to distinguish between effort and ability and the comparison is made with others in order to evaluate success. The purpose of this study was to inspect the relationship concerning the three dimensions of emotional intelligence (attention, clarity, and emotional regulation) and the two predominant motivational orientations: task-oriented motivation and ego-oriented motivation. The sample was composed of a total of 165 university students from studies within the field of sciences related to sport and physical activity. The main contributions of this research demonstrate the correspondence between emotional intelligence and ego-orientation.

The objective of this research was to analyze the mediation of academic engagement and the satisfaction of basic needs between teaching styles and academic confidence amongst teachers during initial training. The research design was observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, and non-randomized. In total, 920 university students in initial teacher training participated (61.85% women) (Mage = 24.73; SD = 5.34). The scales of interpersonal teaching styles, the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, academic engagement, and academic confidence were used, and a structural equation analysis with latent variables was carried out. The results highlight the important mediating role played by the satisfaction of basic psychological needs between the autonomous support style and the academic confidence of the trainee teachers. This research also highlights the importance, both for teachers and researchers, of using an autonomous support style, as well as the creation of a context for encouraging the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, to promote academic confidence in initial teacher training programs at university.