Levels of Physical Activity Are Associated With the Motivational Climate and Resilience in University Students of Physical Education From Andalucía: An Explanatory Model Chacón Cuberos, Ramón Castro Sánchez, Manuel Pérez Turpín, José Antonio Olmedo Moreno, Eva María Zurita Ortega, Félix Resilience Motivational climate Physical activity Sports University Background: The practice of Physical Activity (PA) is a key factor for the improvement of physical and mental health, making the study of the motivational processes that take part in the development of active lifestyles of interest. Results: A negative relationship was observed between task-oriented climate (TC) and ego-oriented climate, which acquired greater correlation strength in the respondents who did less PA. Likewise, a positive relationship was obtained between TC and resilience, which was higher in participants who did more than 3 h of weekly PA. Finally, it was observed that resilience was highly correlated with personal competence, tenacity and control capacity in the most active respondents. Conclusion: The importance of promoting task-oriented motivational climates in PA is highlighted, since this could develop a better resilience capacity in university students and will favor the tolerance to adversity and the positive acceptance of changes. 2020-05-05T11:48:12Z 2020-05-05T11:48:12Z 2019-08-06 journal article Chacón-Cuberos R, Castro-Sánchez M, Pérez-Turpin JA, Olmedo-Moreno EM and Zurita Ortega F (2019) Levels of Physical Activity Are Associated With the Motivational Climate and Resilience in University Students of Physical Education From Andalucía: An Explanatory Model. Front. Psychol. 10:1821. http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61786 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01821 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ open access Atribución 3.0 España Frontiers in Media