Association of Motivational Climate With Addictive Behaviors Depending on Type of Sport in University Students: Structural Equation Analysis
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Chacón Cuberos, Ramón; Zurita Ortega, Félix; Ubago Jiménez, José Luis; González Valero, Gabriel; Castro Sánchez, ManuelEditorial
SAGE Publications
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Motivation Video games Alcohols Tobacco Health
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2019Referencia bibliográfica
Chacón-Cuberos, R., Zurita-Ortega, F., Ubago-Jiménez, J. L., González-Valero, G., & Castro-Sánchez, M. (2019). Association of Motivational Climate With Addictive Behaviors Depending on Type of Sport in University Students: Structural Equation Analysis. Sage Open, 9(3), 2158244019866079. [https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019866079]
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This research study has been supported by the Education Innovation Project PID 16-45, named “Implementation of digital resources in the classroom for the development of psychosocial and motivational factors in students of the degree in Primary Education with the speciality in Physical Education,” funded by the University of Granada. Education Innovation Project PIBD Advanced 470, named “Program of teaching intervention in students of the degree in primary education and early childhood education through the use of new technologies for the improvement of the psychosocial factors of the students,” funded by the University of Granada. Project I+D+I “DISPERSA,” with code number TIN2015-67149-C3-R, named “Design of Pervasive Games Based on Learning Experiences Sensitive to Context” funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Precompetitive Research Projects for Young Researchers (PPJI_B-05); Self-plan Research of the University of Granada.Abstract
This research study aims at contrasting a structural model of the associations between the alcohol consumption, tobacco
dependence, and the problematic use of video games with motivational climate toward sport depending on the category of
sports practiced in a sample of Physical Education university students. The sample consisted of 775 university students from
the Autonomous Community of Andalusia (Spain), aged between 21 and 35 (22.22 ± 3.76) years. The instruments used
were the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire (PMCSQ-2), the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
(AUDIT), the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND), and the Questionnaire of Experiences Related to Video
Games (QERV) questionnaires. A path model that fitted properly in the multigroup analysis for both categories of sports was
used, χ2 = 19.843; gl = 8; p = .011; comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.911; normed fit index (NFI) = 0.903; incremental fit
index (IFI) = 0.912; root mean square error approximation (RMSEA) = 0.085. An inverse association was shown between
task climate and tobacco consumption in individual sports, being weaker in collective sports. This association is not significant
for collective sports, but it is for individual sports for ego climate. However, a positive association was found between ego
climate and the use of video games in individual sports, not being significant in the case of collective sports. The importance
of promoting motivational climates oriented toward tasks that are based on the practice of collective sports is established,
because they could act as protective factors against the development of addictive behavior in university students.