@misc{10481/55009,
year = {2018},
month = {1},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/55009},
abstract = {Background: Several studies have shown how certain types of motivation for sports can
favour healthy habits or can cause risk behaviours. (2) Methods: The aim of this study was to establish
and verify an explanatory model for motivational climate in sport which considers other possible
influential variables related to health. This research was conducted with a sample of 490 university
students 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 Activity
Questionnaire 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 positively
associated 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 video
games; (4) Conclusions: The findings imply that students who have greater intrinsic motivation to
participate in sport and perceive a task-involved climate also report healthier habits. This highlights
the importance of creating task-involved motivational climates in sport and physical education lessons.},
organization = {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.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Physical activity},
keywords = {Mediterranean diet},
keywords = {Alcohol},
keywords = {Video games},
keywords = {Sport motivation},
title = {Relationship between Healthy Habits and Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport among University Students: A Structural Equation Model},
author = {Chacón Cuberos, Ramón and Zurita Ortega, Félix and Puertas Molero, Pilar and Knox, Emily and Cofré Bolados, Cristian and Viciana Garófano, María Virginia and Muros Molina, José Joaquín},
}