RT Journal Article
T1 Relationship between Healthy Habits and Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport among University Students: A Structural Equation Model
A1 Chacón Cuberos, Ramón
A1 Zurita Ortega, Félix
A1 Puertas Molero, Pilar
A1 Knox, Emily
A1 Cofré Bolados, Cristian
A1 Viciana Garófano, Virginia
A1 Muros Molina, José Joaquín
AB Background: Several studies have shown how certain types of motivation for sports canfavour healthy habits or can cause risk behaviours. (2) Methods: The aim of this study was to establishand verify an explanatory model for motivational climate in sport which considers other possibleinfluential variables related to health. This research was conducted with a sample of 490 universitystudents from Spain. The 33-item Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire (PMCSQ-2)was used to assess perceived motivational climate. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test(AUDIT), the Questionnaire of Experiences Related to Video Games (QERV), the Physical ActivityQuestionnaire for Adolescents (PAQ-A), and the KIDMED test were used to assess healthy habits;(3) Results: Findings revealed that task-involved climate and ego-involved climate were both positivelyassociated with physical activity with the strongest relationship emerging for a task-involved climate.Furthermore, task climate was positively associated with a good adherence to aMediterranean diet.A direct relationship was found between ego climate and alcohol intake and problematic use of videogames; (4) Conclusions: The findings imply that students who have greater intrinsic motivation toparticipate in sport and perceive a task-involved climate also report healthier habits. This highlightsthe importance of creating task-involved motivational climates in sport and physical education lessons.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2018
FD 2018-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16238
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16238
LA eng
NO Chacón Cuberos, R., Zurita Ortega, F., Puertas Molero, P., Knox, E., Cofré Bolados, C., Viciana Garófano, V.,  Muros Molina, J. Relationship between Healthy Habits and Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport among University Students: A Structural Equation Model. Sustainability, 10(4), 938.  (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su10040938
NO This work was supported by Precompetitive Research Projects for Young Researchers 2017-Modality B under de Grant PPJI_B-05, the project "DISPERSA" under the Grant TIN2015-67149-C3-R and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Grant P11-TIC-7486.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026