RT Journal Article
T1 An Explanatory Model for the Relationship between Motivation in Sport, Victimization, and Video Game Use in Schoolchildren
A1 Castro Sánchez, Manuel
A1 Chacón Cuberos, Ramón
A1 Ubago Jiménez, José Luis
A1 Zafra Santos, Edson
A1 Zurita Ortega, Félix
AB Background: Society is changing amazingly fast, and this is bringing about changes inthe way that people spend their free time. In the 21st century, free time is increasingly spent usingtechnological devices such as video games, thus increasing levels of sedentariness. The aim of thepresent study was to define an explanatory model for the problematic use of video games, physicalactivity, motivational climate in sports, and victimization in schoolchildren, and to analyze therelationships between these variables according to gender; (2) Methods: A total of 734 schoolchildren,of both sexes, participated in this research study. They were aged from 10 to 12 and lived in theprovince of Granada (Spain). The main instruments used were the questionnaires PMCSQ-2, PAQ-C,QERV, and SVS. A multigroup structural equation model was used, which had an excellent fit( 2 = 319.472; df = 72; p < 0.001; CFI = 0.962; NFI = 0.952; IFI = 0.962; RMSEA = 0.048); (3) Results:The practice of physical activity was related negatively and indirectly to the problematic use of videogames ((r = -0.085, boys); (r = -0.081, girls)), and this in turn was related positively and directly tovictimization ((r = 0.094, boys); (r = 0.174, girls)). Additionally, task climate was inversely relatedto the problematic use of video games for girls (r = -0.133), and ego climate was directly related tothe use of these devices only with regard to boys (r = 0.250). (4) Conclusions: It must be noted thatschoolchildren’s pathological use of video games is closely related to lower levels of physical activity.In addition, those motivational climates in sports that are oriented towards performance exacerbatethis pathological behavior, which accentuates the importance of promoting motivational climatesthat are oriented towards tasks in schoolchildren.
PB MDPI
SN 1661-7827
YR 2018
FD 2018-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16095
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16095
LA eng
NO Manuel Castro Sánchez, Ramón Chacón Cuberos, José Luis Ubago Jiménez,  Edson Zafra Santos, Félix Zurita-Ortega. An Explanatory Model for the Relationship between Motivation in Sport, Victimization, and Video Game Use in Schoolchildren. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018, 15, 1866. ISSN: 1661-7827. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15091866
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 1 jun 2026